Dr. Jose DaSilva, VP of Enrollment Southwest TN Community College & Eddie Baker, Dean of Business Saluqi Days on Campus

Stan's Special People Spotlight Today:

Featured guest(s):

Southwest TN Community College.

Speakers were: Dr. Jose DaSilva, VP of Enrollment 

And...

Dr. Eddie Baker, Dean of Business 

Topic: Saluqi Days on Campus (Registration)

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Memphis born and bred, walking the Walk and talking and talk.
It's the Stan Belle Morning Show weekday mornings from six
to ten am on the Heart and Soul of Memphis
ten seventy wd IA.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
You know we talked to we want to find out
what's going on in the streets. I said, screets. I know,
I got a I got an educational institution in there,
but we want to find out what's going on in
the streets in our.

Speaker 3 (00:21):
Community, what's going on.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
So I've invited some scholars from Southwest Tennessee Community College,
and I'm so excited to have in the building this
morning in the studios, the one in the only land
vice President of Strategic Enrollment Management. I'm I do it
so far, Doctor jose Da Silva, welcome to show me
to tell your microphone on, come on up to the mic.

Speaker 3 (00:43):
Thank you for being here. Thank you so much. It's
a pleasure.

Speaker 4 (00:46):
Man.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
I see the smile on your face. Man, this is
your first time a WDA.

Speaker 3 (00:49):
This your first time. It is it is.

Speaker 5 (00:50):
I actually just moved to the area about a month ago.
So really that's right.

Speaker 3 (00:54):
From where Dallas, Texas. Come on, Cowboys, Dallas.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
Now you're not you're a Campboy fan or a Bucks fan. Okay,
as in Milwaukee or is in Uh, don't let it
all out, man, that's how good team. I used to
live in Florida. Yeah, you're still in there. Yeah, gata bait.

Speaker 3 (01:20):
If you're not a Gator, you gaya babe. You you
got the Florida in you. I bet I bet you
going this weekend too much? Going back? Yeah? Absolutely, it's
the weekend. Baby.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
Gotta get to the Sunshine State. Gotta get back for me.
But you, but you're here in Memphis. You like it
so far, living and loving it man. That's good man.
Open arms, like journey. They've been treating you with open
people here are just so nice. You know, there is
the concept of Southern hospitality, and you truly see that here.
That's what I love about man. We are the city
of good, of bold. Don't get it twisted, right, We're

(01:54):
the city of good. So we glanced at you dwell
here with us. I appreciate although you're going back to
Florida this weekend. Next, we have from the Dean, the
Dean of Business and Technologies, Doctor E. B.

Speaker 3 (02:08):
Doctor Eddie Baker, Good morning, good morning, stand man, it's
got look, we've seen each other before.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
I think we may the employee recognitions and the stuff
we've done before.

Speaker 3 (02:17):
We've uh recognized your face for sure.

Speaker 6 (02:19):
Man.

Speaker 3 (02:19):
We talked together three times, Yeah, three times, because.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
The last one most recent when we unveil the statue
of the portrait of uh doctor Nathan Essex.

Speaker 4 (02:30):
You know that was actually the second the last time sexually.
What was the other one? We were at the rotary
meeting together Shure.

Speaker 3 (02:36):
Shoes shure up.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
Yeah, man, what we were being in the right places
looks like was that because when because Chuck Thomas right,
who works in Southwest his community, it was the governmental
relations Well, I'm doing my homework. I got my homework
down and I'm pretty I'm pretty good stuf huh yeah,
uh yeah. And you all supported him in a in
a magnificent way. I will say that as he is
the president of the Memphis Roator Club and you were there.

(03:00):
Doctor Tracy Hall was there as well, president Southwest.

Speaker 4 (03:03):
Uh, she was there for that one. That was well,
she had I saw recent levels for x AI. That
h that's right.

Speaker 7 (03:10):
Why doctor Aaron Jakers, our department chair of.

Speaker 3 (03:12):
Technology, that's right. When Brent Mario Mayo came.

Speaker 7 (03:15):
And I believe our Deputy Cio Katina Phillips was.

Speaker 2 (03:17):
Also that's right. So we got Edie Baker, Doctor Edie
Baker put some respect on his name. Uh in the
house with Southwest Tennessee Community College ghost of lookiest I
got through that formerly Shelby Steak. I know a little
bit somebody that had to take some courses before I
went to you know, on to do my undergraduate studies.
So it helped me out a lot being you know,
going to Shelby State. All right, so I'm gonna take

(03:38):
a break. Yes, we are the huntings Old the Memphis
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Speaker 2 (03:49):
Fourteen and had minutes past the hour in the studio
with me again my very special guests for staying special
people spotlight.

Speaker 3 (03:55):
Let's turn twis right there to have.

Speaker 2 (03:57):
Standing special people spotlight in the studio right and they
act you across from me across from the console, Doctor
jose the Sila VI taking your mic back. I like
your accent there to keep your mike hot. And doctor
Eddie Baker is in the building as well. We're so
glad to have you. Now, I'll ask you to come

(04:17):
because we want to inform the community about Tennessee Reconnect
and the Tennessee Promise, important statewide financial aid benefits established
by Governor Haslam and new programs like the Aviation program.
If you could talk a little bit to that, and
also about Sluki days in our area of course the
Southwest Tennessee Community College. And then we may even five

(04:39):
the phone lines, but I want you to talk, particularly
this morning about Seluki Fridays and Saturdays. I know you
got an event. It kicked off this morning, right doctor
the Silva.

Speaker 3 (04:47):
That's right, that's right.

Speaker 5 (04:48):
You know, it's a special time at Southwest Tennessee Community College.
Our classes fall semester starts August twenty fifth. There's still
plenty of time for new students, returning students, parents, community
members to it registered and signed up for classes. We
are one hundred percent live at the Maxine Smith campus
and the white Haven campus today right.

Speaker 2 (05:08):
Now, right so Maxing Smith Campus, what's the address of
where is that?

Speaker 5 (05:12):
Is that?

Speaker 3 (05:12):
The is that Frasier? Is that that? What that campus is?

Speaker 8 (05:16):
Where?

Speaker 3 (05:16):
Because I've always heard of Maxine Smith.

Speaker 4 (05:18):
Southeast Memphis, close to Cayrville. Oh yeah, Shelby Drive off.

Speaker 3 (05:22):
Hats Cross coming down there is Forest Hill already.

Speaker 7 (05:26):
That's right right next to Micro Soccer.

Speaker 3 (05:27):
Sorry for that, you go, thank doctor Bacon.

Speaker 2 (05:29):
Yeah, because we've always heard one of then Honor two
by the way, Maxing ste Maxing Smith eighty eight hundred each,
Shelby Drive in Memphis.

Speaker 3 (05:37):
Thank you. That's the Maxine.

Speaker 2 (05:38):
So that's going on now, right, that's and then the
other camp campus Dr Silva.

Speaker 3 (05:43):
Where is white Haven?

Speaker 2 (05:44):
We know where that is, right, Uh yeah, that's one
two three four Fendley.

Speaker 5 (05:49):
They're not in the house, okay, India, Yeah, yeah, white Haven.
So yeah, so it's a special time. You know, we're
we're basically setting up what we call a one stop shop.
We're bringing every one of our support to functions all
together so that students only have to come to one
location or one area and get all the services they need,
from admissions to financial aid to academic advising, if they

(06:12):
need to sign up for disability support services, counseling or
any of that, any of those types of services, they're
all right there, all at the same spot. We also
have our amazing childcare centers that are located at the
making Cod campus and at the Union campus. So that
as a parent, if you're a returning adult student, a
non traditional student, you got little ones, or even if

(06:33):
you have siblings there and you're looking for a childcare
center to put your kids there while you go to college,
we got your covered too.

Speaker 2 (06:39):
So it's up to the potential student or other student,
or the whoever wants to becoming roles and go whatever
camps they want to. I know some Luking Fridays and Saturdays,
you know, white Haven and Maxine Smith, but you can
go to any So what are the other campuses you got?

Speaker 3 (06:54):
You mentioned Making right? Yes? And make it Making is where?
And make it out?

Speaker 4 (06:58):
A is that the Fraser area making Cove is right
next to uh forty and Sycamore, got you right next
that's the big one.

Speaker 3 (07:10):
That's the big one.

Speaker 2 (07:11):
Yeah, make that is making is that kind of like
the flagship so to speak? You know what to State
Tech was right? You can see if from the expressway. Yeah,
thank you, doctor Baker.

Speaker 3 (07:19):
And and the other was some of the other campuses,
And I know we have maybe like a couple of
more we have not mentioned, right, of Southwest Do you
still have gil okay nok.

Speaker 2 (07:29):
I just want to make sure because I want the
listeners to know, and so any other campus that there's
a Union Campus, right, and that's located obviously on Union Avenue,
but that's one of the newer UH branches for lack
of a better word, but that's where Shelby State was.

Speaker 3 (07:45):
Yeah, right, that's the main I guess it's right.

Speaker 4 (07:49):
Yeah, Well, buildings out there, I can tell how you
may think it was a new campus.

Speaker 3 (07:53):
Yeah, it's a really beautiful area.

Speaker 4 (07:54):
It is. And it's right across the street from historic
Sun Studios right there at Union and Marshall.

Speaker 2 (07:59):
Yeah, yeah, fantastic. Yeah, seven thirty seven Union Avenue. Do
you still have a school in there? Like a high school?

Speaker 3 (08:05):
Wow? What is the Medical We got the Medical District
High School.

Speaker 5 (08:09):
And in fact, this past summer was the first year
that we had graduates from the Medical District High School.
We had students graduating with their high school diploma and
their associate's degree at the same time.

Speaker 3 (08:23):
So that's the partnership.

Speaker 2 (08:24):
That's the the articulation if you will, articulation degree.

Speaker 3 (08:28):
Man, that's awesome.

Speaker 2 (08:29):
Southwest Tennessee Community College, Man your best choice. Y'all still
use that thing, that that slogan, what is the new one?

Speaker 7 (08:36):
Now?

Speaker 2 (08:37):
Is it a new one that you're sticking with that broke?
We're still your best choice, your best choice. So we're excited.
We've got a very special guest in him. Those of
you who want to be get enrolled. I guess you're
encouraging anybody who wants to come out, get the information
and actually get enrolled today that's Friday or.

Speaker 5 (08:55):
Saturday that we could do so absolutely, and obviously we're
there all week, but we also understand that being this
close to the of the fall semester, we serve a
lot of non traditional students as well, so a lot
of parents, a lot of older students who perhaps have
been out of high school for a little while. That's
perfectly fine. We are there to help you. We're there
to serve you and get you through the finish line.

(09:18):
So that's why we're doing these events on Fridays and Saturdays.
That way, you don't have to worry about taking taking
time off from work, you don't have to worry about
taking time off of you know, having to care for
children or anything like that. Bring them to the campus too.
Will help you take care of them while you get registered.
The other thing that I'll share is we have so
many scholarships and other funding opportunities that nobody really should

(09:41):
be afraid of going to college due to lack of finances,
because we have so many financial support services to be
able to help our students enroll in college, pay for college,
their books and all the other necessities.

Speaker 2 (09:55):
So on average, how much does it cous to to
go to Southwest soon?

Speaker 3 (10:00):
I asked you straight you're straight up, okay.

Speaker 2 (10:01):
I know you probably have the numbers, numbers, but you
know it is, I used this word is very expensive.

Speaker 3 (10:09):
But you know, in comparison to other it's not many colleges.

Speaker 5 (10:13):
In fact, you know, community colleges in Southwestern particular oftentimes
tends to be half, if not less than what a
typical student would pay at a at a university level.
Yeah right, we only charge about one hundred and fifty
dollars per credit hour, and every class a little higher.
It's probably a bit closer to about one hundred and eighty.

(10:33):
That's not bad with fees and all of that. That's right.
It comes out to about one hundred and eighty dollars
per credit hour and so whereas at a university they're
typically charging about three hundred and fifty four hundred dollars
per credit hour at minimum.

Speaker 2 (10:45):
Yeah, at minimum yeah yeah, doctor Baker. Yeah, you concur
So that's oh yeah, that's it's a pretty good that's
a good number. I mean, yeah, it's affordable. And you
may have folks who might not even want to take
out a loan or you know, get a grant anything.
I want to know that information. How much does it
really cost? So where do you go from there? From
Southwest Tennessee Community College, you get your associate The next

(11:09):
step would be what onto a four year college to
get to bacalaurea.

Speaker 7 (11:13):
I think it depends stan.

Speaker 4 (11:15):
You know, we have two different pathways at Southwest Tennessee
Community College. We have our transfer pathway, which is designed
to get you the first two years of a four
year degree knocked out. You go over and you start
as a junior at a four year institution. But we
also have these great career degrees, right our associative applied
science degrees that they are there to get you trained

(11:35):
and ready to go into the workforce in two years.
And those are some of those high demand, high paying
weight sustaining jobs like in mechatronics technology, computer engineering technology,
electric engineering technology, you know, even automotive service technology. The
demand that's there. And of course we always have our
business criminal justice right, we've always seen the need for

(11:57):
more police officers we see and help change the protect
and serve community right and public safety in general. You know,
we've even started a commercial music program.

Speaker 3 (12:08):
Talk to us about that.

Speaker 7 (12:09):
It's a little bit.

Speaker 4 (12:10):
It's over in our Graphic and Fine Arts department, which campus.
I think they're really having it more in Union, but
they have for commercial music. That's where the production studios
I don't believe. But we're also in the verds getting
close to getting live on an entertainment production degree where
it would be for TV, radio or I believe print media,

(12:31):
film media, something like that.

Speaker 3 (12:33):
Man, it's excellent.

Speaker 2 (12:34):
Uh yeah, yeah, we had to look into that because
we have a lot of our listeners, you know, primarily
may have children or grand curll children who want to
get into that, you know, into the music, into the
commercial business and know the business part of it. We're
talking this morning with doctor Eddie Baker, the dean of
Business and Technologies at Southwest Tennessee Community College here in
Memphis and also the vice president of Strategic Enrollment Management

(12:58):
is here, doct Jose de Silva. If you have questions, concerns,
and comments, you feel free to call me.

Speaker 3 (13:03):
Uh we're gonna have the man just for.

Speaker 2 (13:04):
Just a few more moments to talk about all things
Southwest and the some looky days. Today Friday and Saturday
tomorrow and then next week on Friday and Saturday. Nine
on one, five, three, five, nine, three four two, eight
hundred and five zero three nine three four two or
eight three three, five three, five, nine three four two
be right back. Welcome back, everybody, Thanks so much for
being here live in the studios of w.

Speaker 3 (13:25):
D i A.

Speaker 2 (13:26):
It's a finally Friday, August eight, twenty twenty five. Shout
out to all the leos.

Speaker 3 (13:33):
Leos. Yeah, in the leos in the studio. I'm just
checking one right here. You got one right down. Wait
a minute, doctor Baker.

Speaker 9 (13:40):
Leo.

Speaker 3 (13:40):
When your birthday, doctor.

Speaker 7 (13:41):
Baker, July twenty seventh.

Speaker 2 (13:42):
You right on the end man, going into Are you
in there? No, you're right at the beginning of it.

Speaker 3 (13:47):
Leo.

Speaker 2 (13:48):
Let me hit that ground, you know, the wiz just
left like that ground, you know, the lion, the wiz
just left.

Speaker 3 (13:58):
What's your what's your? Zoedeck saying got to de Silva
aries what's that March March, Yeah, March twenty five. He's alive.

Speaker 8 (14:08):
That's right?

Speaker 2 (14:09):
All right, everybody, our special guest this morning from Southwest
Tennessee Community College. Your best choice. I got doctor Baker
in the house of doctor de Silva. We're talking all
things se Luki Seluki Fridays, s Lucas Saturdays, this weekend
and next weekend, geting rolled.

Speaker 3 (14:27):
Choose Southwest? How about that sound pretty good?

Speaker 2 (14:30):
Let's go delicately to the phone out y'all located, stay
and take a call or to let me let me,
let me get this set up there and ask some
questions for our professors and for our Southwest UH administrators.

Speaker 3 (14:42):
Let's go come oning you.

Speaker 2 (14:43):
On the radio.

Speaker 3 (14:44):
Who goes there? Yeah, what's up?

Speaker 2 (14:46):
Stan? Be you Jackson and the action for your satisfaction.
I'm doing pretty good for a Friday man.

Speaker 8 (14:52):
Yeah.

Speaker 10 (14:52):
I went to welcome the Southwest group here, and you
do a great job. I just wanted to pump Southwest
Southwest Tennessee Community College. You know a lot of I
talked to a lot of people and a Southwest degree
will get you prepared for a four year college or university,

(15:16):
but if they have great job places there also because
you can make a whole lot of money with the
associates degree that they offer, and I just wanted to
pump that. And also athletic wise, Southwest.

Speaker 11 (15:34):
Is just like a Division one.

Speaker 10 (15:37):
College because they produce players baseball, basketball, soccer, volleyball, not
volleyball but baseball. And stars like Michael Wilson came through there.
WNBA star Ashley Shields came through there, so so stars

(15:59):
come through Southwest. So I just just wanted to put
that out there. And it's a great school. I just
want to say.

Speaker 3 (16:06):
That, not to bank of doctor Sila words.

Speaker 5 (16:09):
Yeah, I just want to say thank you so much
for your amazing words.

Speaker 3 (16:13):
You're absolutely correct.

Speaker 5 (16:14):
Southwest prepares students not only for their next steps and
their collegiate career, but also their immediate career. Over ninety
percent of students who graduate from Southwest stay in Memphis
and get a job. So you're absolutely right, and I
just want to say thank you Jackson, Thank you man.
Good question man.

Speaker 2 (16:35):
Yeah, when we think of sports, we also you know,
think about the wonderful and spectacular and I would say acclaimed,
if you will, a sports team and the student athletes
who have come through even Shelby State of course and matriculated. Yeah,
that's good, doctor Baker, any words, any comments on that,
the programs, and even though I'm sure he probably was

(16:57):
an a part of the alumni, speaking of what he knows, well.

Speaker 4 (17:00):
When you talk about athletic programs at Southwest Tennessee Community College,
we've got a rich heritage. In fact, many people don't
know that our men's basketball team has been nationally ranked
in junior college ranks for multiple years over the last decade,
and we've done very well. We even had I think
it was three years ago. Our baseball teams at the

(17:21):
win record for Southwest Tennessee Community College, and our women's
soccer team is also very excellent.

Speaker 3 (17:30):
Well, there you go, man, look all things Southwest.

Speaker 2 (17:33):
So before you I let you guys get out of here,
give us another reminder about what's going on. This morning
was actually pretty much all week, but you've already started, right,
So Seluki Fridays is till our listens again, what kind
of information they receive and how I.

Speaker 3 (17:49):
Guess how easy the process is to go ahead and get.

Speaker 5 (17:51):
Enrolled yeah, So Sluki Fridays and Suluki Saturdays this weekend
and next week and come to any of our campuses
and we will one hundred percent be there and all
the services that you need. The beauty of community College
and Southwest in particular is that we're open access. And
so you if you're a first generation college student, if
you're afraid of you know, I'm not gonna apply to

(18:11):
college because I'm not going to get in.

Speaker 3 (18:13):
Guess what we're open access.

Speaker 5 (18:14):
What that means is when you apply, you get in,
So there is no denial in that sense. You can
go to college.

Speaker 3 (18:22):
Just tell me, y'all listener the right to my email.
Good morning.

Speaker 2 (18:25):
Stand when you ask your guest if they are behind
in processing enrollment applications, because this person says, I applied
back in April and have not received an acceptance letter yet,
talk to us on that wise.

Speaker 5 (18:37):
Thank you Janie Brown for the letter. Yeah yeah, I
will say. You know, our enrollment right now. We are
busting through the seams, which is a great problem to have.
Anybody who has a challenge, please give us a call.
My email is JD. Silva at Southwest dot t N
dot edu. Say it again.

Speaker 3 (18:54):
Please J the Silva at Southwest dot t N the so.

Speaker 2 (19:00):
So is that JY or just J. Just the letter
just a J and spelled the Civil Force d A
S I L V A. Okay, So I got.

Speaker 5 (19:08):
To send me an email and I will address those
concerns immediately.

Speaker 8 (19:11):
All right.

Speaker 2 (19:12):
Next question, this WI listener writes in my email, good morning,
stand Do they have horticulture classes?

Speaker 3 (19:20):
Not the Baker not anymore.

Speaker 4 (19:22):
We used to have a horticultural program, but unfortunately the
years of low enrollment we have had to downside that
program with Williams.

Speaker 3 (19:30):
Thank you for that.

Speaker 2 (19:31):
Also concerning Southwest Tennessee Community College STAM, please ask your
guests why they do not have dorms dormitories?

Speaker 3 (19:39):
Is that talk to us about that? Good question, Priscilla.

Speaker 5 (19:43):
So that's actually a state law, right, and so state
regulations prohibits us as a community college from having.

Speaker 3 (19:52):
Residence halls or dormitories.

Speaker 5 (19:54):
So that's the only reason why otherwise I guarantee you
that's something that we would definitely be looking into. However, I
will say that you know, we try to partner as
much as possible with the local community in terms of
apartment complexes, so that students are able to find housing
as close as possible to the campuses that they're going
to be going into.

Speaker 3 (20:13):
Yeah, yeah, good, good, good information there. All right, well, gentlemen,
thank you so much.

Speaker 2 (20:18):
Lady Diana Federnick with PR all things PR, Public Affairs, Relations,
Communications and marketing. You want to thank you all for
coming out. I do want to say this pretty much
in closing, I think you all are doing a yoman's job.
I mean, I hear great talk about Southwest. I do
Southwest Tennessee Community College really is your best choice if
you want to get a great start, you know, and
jump into it, maybe later on trying to get your

(20:39):
back laureate, you know, your bachelor's degree or whatnot, but
this is an excellent start. And remember about was it
maybe five six years ago you're giving a lot of
money away or paying for a student's education. I think
when was that maybe, like, of course obviously post COVID
or something to that, but you were giving students, potential
students an opportunity to learn and go to Southwest pretty

(21:02):
much free. So I want you to continue on doing that.
I know great things are coming out of there. Give
my best regards to the president. Doctor Tracy D. Hall
and of course my man, doctor Michael Board and of
course Chuck Thomas and all those who work you know
who kind of have your team. Give them my best regards.
WDI is definitely behind you all the way. Even Bev Johnson,

(21:24):
our midday host, Bev Todd was an adjunct at Southwest,
you know, so a good report all the way, all
the way around. All right, having Slucia Friday and Saturday
to you. We've been talking with doctor Eddie Baker and
of course doctor jose the Silva with Southwest Tennesse to
commun to college. And I thank Diana Fredernik for always
being right on the case, always ready on the spot

(21:46):
to come see us here at w d I and
take this break, come back with our next special guest. Okay,
we're back, everybody. Thank you so much for being here.
I'm awaiting on my guest, the honorable Michael Lowry. I'm
gonna talk all things about the golf tournament that he
has coming up. I believe it's next weekend, so I
ask him to kind of swing by and just talk
to us a little bit about that if he could,

(22:08):
and we'll get him on here in just a matter
of moments.

Speaker 3 (22:10):
All right. In the meantime, I do want to say this,
Happy birthday, Bobby OJ. Could let the day pass.

Speaker 2 (22:20):
We've been saying that, you know, throughout the morning show,
and we'll continue to salute him with We have what
we call drops on the radio that acknowledge and salute
the leader of this fine radio station for many decades,
who is now in the celestial city looking down on.

Speaker 3 (22:36):
This great radio station.

Speaker 2 (22:37):
I hope that he is happy, please, satisfied, and smiling.
Happy birthday, Bobby O. J. August Ate, august Ate. Let
me take this color live, brother Lowry, you coming this way?

Speaker 12 (22:51):
Doc?

Speaker 3 (22:54):
Fine, I got you live on the radio.

Speaker 13 (22:56):
Doc.

Speaker 3 (22:56):
What's up? You hear it this way or you want
to do it later?

Speaker 10 (23:00):
Brother, I'm head of your way.

Speaker 8 (23:01):
Brother, I'm just calling him. You tell him I'm head.

Speaker 14 (23:03):
Of your way.

Speaker 3 (23:03):
That's why I'm gonna tell him. They heard it, all right,
tell you just save travel. All right, there you go.
How about that?

Speaker 2 (23:07):
Have a live radio I remember doing that back in
the day when I was on college radio. I hold
the phone up to the microphone, I said, I thought
about it.

Speaker 3 (23:13):
It's the same thing. If I can hear y'all can hear.

Speaker 2 (23:17):
I said that was a commissioner Michael Lowry iss gonna
talk about a golf tournament that he is sponsoring.

Speaker 3 (23:22):
Uh I believe it's next weekend.

Speaker 2 (23:25):
And he's bringing in a special guest, Michelle Lee. I
let him talk more about that, so he may be
on two wheels getting this way. So back to what
I was talking about, Bobby oj until Michal gets here,
if you want to call me and share some you know,
fond memories or you know how what you miss Bobby
and how he made your day during the morning time,

(23:48):
you can do that not on one five three, five, nine,
three four two eight hundred and five zero three nine
three four two eight three three five three five nine
three four two. You know, I owe huge debt of
gratitude to mister oj I do for allowing me to
get on wd I A. You know, I was just
a K ninety seven guy one on one and even
did a little bit of a had a stint at
Hallelujah my sister station. But then BOBBYJOJ gave me a call.

Speaker 8 (24:11):
This is Dan.

Speaker 2 (24:12):
I've been thinking, can you hold down evenings for me
over here? And I said, yeah, Bob, what time? So
I want you to come on after Kyler Calin gets
off at six. I want you to come on at seven.
So I had like a seven to ten. Many of
you remember that seven to ten. I think it was
like back in twenty twelve. So I want to I

(24:33):
want to do that if you want to talk about,
you know, find memories, the good old days and you know,
just some memorable moments with Bobby, you can. I'm gonna
take a break and give me a call. Bobby j
OJ's birthday today. Hey, give my birthday wish yeah in
heaven yeah man, home of the Memphis Chicken and Beer Festival.
To get your tickets now my w d IA dot com.

(24:57):
It's gonna happen August sixteenth. I want you to be
there five till nine in the evening. All right, let's
go back to the phone lines. Bobby oj D w
d A one who's on the radio. You got something
to say?

Speaker 3 (25:08):
Say it?

Speaker 14 (25:09):
Well?

Speaker 15 (25:09):
Good family?

Speaker 14 (25:10):
Was Friday staying bath?

Speaker 9 (25:15):
Yeah, coach. Now, we were reminiscing about Bobby o J.

Speaker 12 (25:20):
And when we heard that uh that whatever we call
that drop wishing him a happy heavenly birthday.

Speaker 13 (25:29):
You know, Bobby o J.

Speaker 14 (25:31):
I'll tell you he is he is really really missed.

Speaker 12 (25:35):
I know it's been three years since he's been gone,
but when you ever, when you stop and think about
his pass and you know, it still hurts, it really does.

Speaker 9 (25:44):
Because he Bobby OJ he made a mob, a giant
mob here on this earth.

Speaker 12 (25:51):
He may not know, but he influenced a lot of people,
and he was loved by a lot of people. Even
after he passed, his us began to realize how much
they loved him.

Speaker 14 (26:04):
So his presence is gone, but his spirit still lives on.

Speaker 12 (26:09):
His spirit is alive, and well we'll never forget board.
L Jane, have a good weekend.

Speaker 3 (26:17):
Good words bating the phone lines. W d A you
in the radio, your turn.

Speaker 9 (26:21):
Yeah, good morning Worri in my citym in the time
of savy cannabis off the surrounding eras whatever city you in,
Lady d love all the factious mothers that I do
mean all. Good morning, Mayor, young mayor haves and good
morning Mayor Mark MCCLENNRCE Beverly couldn't have said it better man,

(26:44):
when I as you holler, you know, you said, well,
it's people there when they got the news. When I
got the news about Bobby O J believe it or not,
staying I was on the phone on hall because it
was black. He said, and hold on, lady. Then you
said you're gonna be the first one I get to.

(27:04):
I said, all, Bobie, you know I can't be the
first one. Now, he said, hold on, And I got
the call and hey, Christine from the Queen of Holly Springs.
I'm thinking she actually me was Bobbie O J Dave.
She said, Lady dede Bible O J Dad. I said, yeah,
who's putting out them rumors? I said, I'm on the

(27:26):
phone now holding on for Bobby to come back to me.
When I tell you it was flag. I lost my
girls because one thing about Bobo J. When I said
I talked to Bobbie OJ if I needed to talk
to him, saying he would, I was calling. He said,

(27:48):
lay day, I tell you what, call me back when
I get through doing. I love my job and Bobbie
OJ would listen to anything you had to say. And
I would say, well, BIBOJ.

Speaker 14 (27:59):
You think I should do with her?

Speaker 3 (28:00):
You think I'm right?

Speaker 9 (28:01):
I said, don't just tell me know anything. And the
last thing he told me was about my nephew. He said, well,
lady did he said, don't do it. He said, you're
doing them right. I said, okay, not bother.

Speaker 3 (28:14):
I said, is you playing?

Speaker 9 (28:15):
He said no, he said you're doing them right and
wasn't make it so strange. Kim Oh Jays, she called.

Speaker 11 (28:25):
As she was replying herself.

Speaker 9 (28:27):
To I'm like, this is absolutely unbelievable. It was like
we had a personal relationship. Once she me her, Steve
and Azela Sidney called her from Como, it was like
we just all started hanging out, as I call it,

(28:51):
and I'm like, is this real or what? And believe
it or not that the late great bobbio Ja they
were still living. We were gonna make that a tradition
because I told I said, now, Bob, I really don't
hang out with couples. He said, well, my wife want
to talk to you. And again, by the oh Jay,

(29:14):
if you know him, and had a personal relationship with him,
that was the coolest dude that I ever met, and
he was down to earth. So with that, then said
stay it's that we know he gone, but he left here.

(29:36):
It was like I think that the night I'm lack,
oh my god, by the old Jay dead and we
we you know, we know he won't be back here,
but I can see him now laughing and talking and
saying all man's are stupid now on that no stand.

Speaker 3 (29:57):
They have a good are you two things? Buch Back
to the fall line, w the radio your thoughts?

Speaker 9 (30:04):
What's upstand now?

Speaker 11 (30:10):
Yeah, the one and only fretches Jewel.

Speaker 9 (30:16):
Yeah, yeah, that's a good thing said about Bobby o J.

Speaker 16 (30:24):
I was in Prince when I met Bobby o J
at the club Paradise.

Speaker 9 (30:29):
Tomy was there. She's like, yeah, I can go backstay
and meet Bobby o J. I'm like, oh yeah, me
and my god daughter.

Speaker 11 (30:38):
And then I told him I'm gonna call him the
next morning.

Speaker 14 (30:40):
I think that was back in October.

Speaker 16 (30:42):
There was October fourth when grandson's birthday was the field
and I called.

Speaker 11 (30:47):
Wish from grandson and happy birthday.

Speaker 9 (30:49):
He's like, George, there was a pleasure me and you
and everything.

Speaker 16 (30:53):
And then I've been talking to bobbiyo J because he
came to the Western Hotel too while I worked.

Speaker 2 (30:58):
Then good memory, Thank you so much, PJ. Prescious Jewel.
Back to the phone lines, w D I A good
on the radio.

Speaker 3 (31:07):
Your turn You're getting a man at last, amazing safe
to hear and go.

Speaker 10 (31:15):
On to your wife.

Speaker 17 (31:16):
Come on, my man, never listen you know what. You know,
when I say about Bible old day, you know, I
see it get tears in my eyes. So because you know,
I'm so emotional things something, you know, but I want
I want him to have it.

Speaker 3 (31:29):
Yeah, I mean, I just want.

Speaker 17 (31:30):
Everybody to know that God to to to me, Bobby
was does d I A to me?

Speaker 4 (31:34):
He was?

Speaker 11 (31:35):
He was?

Speaker 9 (31:35):
He was, he was our plan.

Speaker 18 (31:37):
You're but he loved he he he couldn't.

Speaker 8 (31:39):
You know.

Speaker 17 (31:40):
He loves to hear our come in because I think
a lot of people that call the show he could
relate to to a lot of things that you know,
and he was he was kind of going through some
of the things that some of us that call him
the radio station.

Speaker 9 (31:53):
You know what I'm saying.

Speaker 17 (31:54):
That's why he used to like to hear something I
come in, you know, because he could relate to a
lot of them, you know what I mean.

Speaker 13 (31:59):
And and thinking about it.

Speaker 15 (32:00):
He was just a real person to me.

Speaker 17 (32:02):
You know, I just thank God that I had a
chance to meet him. And now, man, he ran and
he's saying, you know, like I said, you know, you
think about it, you know, a lot of time. You know,
we know we been here one day and tomorrow we're gone.
You know that's why I said my boys all the time,
tomorrow comings, what doesn't mean you're gonna be here.

Speaker 2 (32:19):
So think about it.

Speaker 17 (32:20):
You just have to keep praying and try to stay
up to listen, and just thank god we had him
in our life. We had a tank to talk to
him and be around him and just keep our heads up,
hide and just keep going with our life, you know,
saying how much you have great weekend? What's up, French child?
I want you have great weekends, saying you and your
wife have thanks to taking the house.

Speaker 2 (32:37):
Yeah, thank you so much, lady. You know Bobby OJ,
you know, in my opinion, you know, see me by nature.
I'm an optimist. I am by nature. But Bobby OJ
was a realist. He called it like he's on He ain't.
Yeah if you wrote for your feathers, but he just
put it out there. And he was a very unique

(32:59):
inde visual, sometimes brash, if you will, a brace of sometimes,
but he was yet still gentle and in how he
you know, put it across the airwaves.

Speaker 3 (33:10):
You take it how you want to take it.

Speaker 2 (33:11):
So it's like y'all think y'all dealing with something because
you're going It's like I'm still dealing with them. It's
like his presence is still permeating every inch of space
in this control room.

Speaker 3 (33:21):
I'm serious.

Speaker 2 (33:22):
But I walk up in here by five forty five,
you know, I look at you know, I'm usually here
by myself. A couple of the other coworkers are here,
you know, the morning show folk, Heather's in it, were
doing the trafficking and stuff. But when I walk in here, Man,
I get in the studio, I say, look, prayer, I
do even before I entered the room. And then when
I get in I say another one. And then it's
like Bobby looking at me, are there better give a

(33:45):
good show? And I know I'm standing on his shoulders
and others. Man, I could go on and on down
the list, the whose shoulders I'm standing on, the morning
personalities and these ones who did not do mornings. So
you know, I got a lot of respectful Bobby, even posthumously.
Let's go delicately back to the phone lines. Let me
go here, don't leave you.

Speaker 3 (34:04):
I come on you in the radio.

Speaker 11 (34:05):
Yeah, over the river, through the woods.

Speaker 18 (34:11):
And staying be your neighborhood bus going on sabinous Friday.

Speaker 3 (34:16):
Mister bell mane you in there.

Speaker 18 (34:19):
Man the week right, I'm a hobbing that seat, said
and let the top down.

Speaker 8 (34:25):
The brain man, Yeah, but you'll already know it.

Speaker 4 (34:28):
Man.

Speaker 18 (34:28):
I want to say, Man, happy Heaven a birthday man
to my guy father. Man, Man, bather was real close, man,
or you know we do a show or something, I
always sit at the table.

Speaker 10 (34:38):
It's no Boby and Sharon. He didn't worry about it when.

Speaker 8 (34:41):
If I was there, he going on do.

Speaker 18 (34:43):
A show us you know what I'm saying or announcing
or whatever he had to do. And he knew she
was in good hand.

Speaker 3 (34:49):
Yeah.

Speaker 10 (34:50):
Yeah, we had a lot of good times together. Man.

Speaker 18 (34:51):
I miss my guy.

Speaker 10 (34:53):
Yep.

Speaker 18 (34:54):
So I just wanted to see that. Man, I ain't
gonna hold the line up. And then also, man, my
birthdad is.

Speaker 10 (34:58):
My father's birthday coming up next week?

Speaker 18 (35:00):
But I get you sitting I'm a shout out on
the seventeen.

Speaker 10 (35:04):
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, ye see next week, what's that Monday?

Speaker 3 (35:09):
Monday, Tuesday? What is it next week? Yeah?

Speaker 2 (35:16):
That's right, let's think that's Sunday a right man. Other words,
you make sure you call me back, man, we do
a little something with that, all right, I appreciate it
you wish or something. I thank you, jun Bug had
a great weekend. Good morning, thanks for waiting on the radio.

Speaker 3 (35:27):
Yeah, I'm morning saying morning.

Speaker 12 (35:32):
That is that you?

Speaker 11 (35:34):
It is?

Speaker 19 (35:35):
It is it is?

Speaker 3 (35:36):
Come on close to your mike. Okay, can you hear
me now, yes, ma'am okay.

Speaker 19 (35:42):
I just wanted to say after birthday, not too but
for the belated I mean not the belated, but the
late Bobby o J.

Speaker 14 (35:52):
And I want to also say I don't.

Speaker 19 (35:55):
Believe Bobby really had haters. You know, he just had
people that disagree with him. And sometimes when we disagree
with people, you know, others that you disagree and they
may thank you hate them because I was definitely one
that disagreed with them.

Speaker 14 (36:09):
But I do think he was a very very nice man,
and I just wanted to say that in regards.

Speaker 19 (36:18):
And also, you know, he was on the air when
I heard I think the old lady D said she
was holding on, so I didn't know he was on
the air.

Speaker 14 (36:28):
I thought he was out there when you know. But anyway,
I just wanted to say that, and y'all helped do Oh.

Speaker 3 (36:33):
Thank you so much for the janis. Yeah, appreciate that.

Speaker 2 (36:36):
All right, as we await the rival of the Honorable
Michael Lowry coming to the w D I studio's gonna
talk about that golf turning. Let me give you, speaking
of which, and let me give you a w D
A good will announced before I get out of here,
before we bring him on Union Grove, hold on, call us,
I'm gonna get to you know you got the Bobby
OJ memories.

Speaker 3 (36:55):
Hang on, uh, Union.

Speaker 2 (36:57):
Grove Baptist Church not on five Air Street tomorrow or
is going down. They're calling it Community Service Day, free
school supplies.

Speaker 3 (37:06):
You can get in on all the giveaways. Last weekend.

Speaker 2 (37:09):
You got a chance to swing by Union Grove Baptist
Church nine o five Air Street right here in Memphis
is going down.

Speaker 8 (37:16):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (37:18):
Everything is free, free, free, free everything free. I want
to let that tie tripper song, new new free free everything, free, free.

Speaker 3 (37:27):
School supply, free backpacks, free school You're fall Free clothes
with a family, free haircuts, get chopped up, free lunch,
health and wellness, green and free, free, free everything, free,
blood presser checks, vaccines, grief counseling free, free, free everything
free and many.

Speaker 2 (37:44):
Available resources to promote healthy life lifestyles. Gonna be a
day of funding food. Jackie Jamison, administrative assistant over their
Union Grove and my girl Carol Denton, secretary, just daying
telling them come out out pasta m James sneer leem
James sneerly pastor.

Speaker 3 (38:06):
So that's tomorrow, everybody, and the time. Let me see
if there's a good time on there.

Speaker 2 (38:13):
Yeah, nine am, nine in the morning tomorrow until one
a rock in the afternoon.

Speaker 3 (38:20):
Did I mention it was free, free, free, free, everything free. Yeah,
that's gonna be all right there.

Speaker 2 (38:29):
And I'm sure there are other other health drives and
you know all of that school supply giveaways tomorrow as well,
but I wanted to get that one out so you
will definitely be aware of that.

Speaker 3 (38:41):
All right, let me let me do this while while
I got the mic cracked.

Speaker 2 (38:47):
I've paid all the bills, I've done all the commercials,
so I'm gon leaving lines open. This double LISTA writes, staying,
I can't wait till Christmas time when we can hear
that Bobby joj Christmas song.

Speaker 3 (39:01):
Ts t your player today. Doom Doom, Doom, Doom, Doom, Doom,
doom Doom, Doom doom.

Speaker 10 (39:11):
Yeah, we like that.

Speaker 3 (39:11):
Bobby J J.

Speaker 2 (39:12):
Saw don all right, doom Doom doomber Christmas.

Speaker 4 (39:19):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (39:20):
This double Joy Listen writes it says, uh in subject
space Bobby, oh oh oh Jay, don't do anything today
that you will regret tomorrow. I truly missed that, real
man r I P. Malcolm Kerry.

Speaker 3 (39:41):
There you go.

Speaker 2 (39:42):
Yeah, all right, getting no phone call here and then
IMA have to go. Well, I command turn and go
get Mikail Vowry. Uh yeah, double j I come on
your on the radio, your turn.

Speaker 13 (39:52):
Yeah. I am the most paradite mind, brilliant thinker and
political alonsopher.

Speaker 3 (40:00):
Hey, uh fan, I want to say to the guys.

Speaker 13 (40:07):
They need to consider their significant other, their wives, the
girl whoever.

Speaker 7 (40:15):
It's Friday.

Speaker 13 (40:16):
Y'all guys need to cash help them meamo them for
money because you know they like to shop on the
weekends and do something. So guys, y'all need to go
ahead on and do it. They should not have to
ask you, guys for a little a little spending money.
Go ahead on and cash app them whatever.

Speaker 3 (40:35):
You need to do.

Speaker 13 (40:37):
Uh go to go to seventy eleven the map co.

Speaker 8 (40:41):
Get it.

Speaker 3 (40:41):
Out tailor.

Speaker 8 (40:44):
In the radio.

Speaker 3 (40:44):
Lim take another calling your turn?

Speaker 8 (40:46):
Yeah, hey, good one.

Speaker 13 (40:48):
Stand how you doing.

Speaker 3 (40:49):
Find my friends? Sound like Maurice?

Speaker 8 (40:52):
Yeah? Being me d you?

Speaker 3 (40:53):
Hey man, I got your voice?

Speaker 15 (40:55):
Yeah all right, hey look here man. I remember back
in the day when they had the request line and
uh I had called in. I had asked Bob to
play the searchin song for me and the and the
song was this.

Speaker 2 (41:10):
Used to be the home of Johnny May You remember
that was Sam You got me on knowing that what
this used to be the home of Johnny May Yeah.

Speaker 15 (41:18):
That was that was a song by him. So uh,
I think it was Eddie Kendricks Wow. When he broke
out by himself. He had the song out this used
to be the home of Johnny May Wow. And so
when I asked, when I asked Bob, I said, Bob,
that's my ReCl like here, this used to be the home.

Speaker 3 (41:34):
Of Johnny May.

Speaker 15 (41:35):
I tell you know what he did is say, i'lenna
sell you what what happened? He paused, old barbo O Jay.
He paused, and then he came back and said he said,
that's a good one.

Speaker 3 (41:45):
He said, but I ain't got it.

Speaker 11 (41:47):
I said, Okay, Then Bob.

Speaker 15 (41:48):
That's fine, so Stan, I was just wondering the fact
to get you to close.

Speaker 8 (41:51):
That door for me.

Speaker 3 (41:52):
Man, Oh that dough for you? What about playing it?

Speaker 11 (41:57):
Yes, sir, I don't think that with it in.

Speaker 3 (42:01):
Yeah, this used to be the home of Johnny Maeric.
This used to be the bed what Johnny used to lay.

Speaker 9 (42:07):
But she don't live up here, no more, no more.

Speaker 10 (42:11):
You don't remember that.

Speaker 3 (42:11):
Was saying, Man, I don't know.

Speaker 2 (42:14):
I'm gonna putting search on it right now as we speak.
Oh but no, I don't know Bobby able to put
it in or if we you know, I'm trying to
update now. I'm looking in the library right now. I'll
take your word for it's a good song. Eddie Kenji's right, yeah,
man a right, thank you man. Maybe one day we
get into the system. You mother, welcome, I reese back
to the phone lines. W D I go morning on

(42:35):
the radio.

Speaker 3 (42:36):
Yeah you want to find thank you? Yeah, how about yourself?

Speaker 11 (42:42):
I'm daying. This is early in from Panky Chief.

Speaker 3 (42:45):
Yeah, Earleen, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 14 (42:48):
I just want to say.

Speaker 9 (42:50):
I was on the line waiting for Bobby to get
back home when he never came back on and kept
saying what's going on?

Speaker 3 (42:56):
What's going on?

Speaker 14 (42:58):
And then I guess I hung up.

Speaker 20 (43:00):
The next day I heard you know that the said news.
But Bobby O J was one of the things I
listened to him when he did in Chicago, and it's
one thing that.

Speaker 3 (43:09):
Stayed with me.

Speaker 20 (43:10):
He always would say, I love my job, and I
just love that, and that's what I live by. That's
what I remember about Bobby. Okay, then letting me get
it get in today.

Speaker 7 (43:20):
You're more than welcome.

Speaker 3 (43:22):
Yeah, we all remember that.

Speaker 2 (43:23):
I love my job, all right? All right, yeah, yeah,
you got you gotta love your job and you know,
for you to do it well. And I kind of
got a little bit that from Bobby, to love what
you do and feel that it matters. How could anything

(43:43):
be more fun? The Bible records for my heart rejoiced
in all my labor come on talks. Then Dame, it's
in the red writing. That's his that's his word Ecclesiastics
two and ten, And that's that's.

Speaker 8 (43:54):
Pretty much what I love my job.

Speaker 3 (43:56):
Talking about love my job, all right, this.

Speaker 2 (43:58):
Doubly down, Listen writes in the subject space HBD in parentheses, heavenly, Uh,
you don't understand my guy. I hope that all is
well with his spouse, his siblings, and his children. Yeah, yeah, well,
I guess that would be widow right.

Speaker 19 (44:17):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (44:17):
That's from the three eighty six one nine Como got
sent a picture attached with he and Bobby, and Bobby
got that award Tennessee Radio Hall of Famer.

Speaker 3 (44:29):
I believe that's what that was.

Speaker 10 (44:30):
It?

Speaker 2 (44:31):
Well, man, it might be it when he got the
award for it from count of Commissioner Michael Lowry, come
to think of it, got a big gold record and
medallion around his neck.

Speaker 3 (44:40):
That's a good picture, mister Armstrong. It's a good picture.

Speaker 2 (44:47):
This double job listening rights a little bit job in
all caps like that? Yeah, ir KP yeah you all right.
I'm taking another call here and I think Michael Levers
should be here by then.

Speaker 3 (45:05):
Or I'm about to go ahead.

Speaker 2 (45:06):
Put the last song on, put a Bobby oj favorite
on before I get out here.

Speaker 14 (45:10):
Go on it.

Speaker 3 (45:10):
Thanks waiting, you're in the radio.

Speaker 15 (45:12):
Yeah, Dan Bell, respect speak.

Speaker 6 (45:17):
It was some respect on, mister stan Bell.

Speaker 11 (45:20):
Check this out. When you cracked that mic in June
the twenty twenty two, I knew you.

Speaker 6 (45:25):
Would not a stand in. I knew you had that spot.
I said to myself, I said, that man got that job.
And Bobby OJ he might not have known what was
gonna go down with him, but I believe he had
a conversation with somebody at.

Speaker 11 (45:39):
That radio station and he said to them, in the event,
that's something happened to me.

Speaker 3 (45:44):
Stan Bell is the man for the job. And I
believe that was all my heart. Wow, who is this?

Speaker 11 (45:51):
Yes, sir, I believe that. Yess up?

Speaker 3 (45:53):
Who's it?

Speaker 11 (45:55):
My name is Ceca Jones.

Speaker 6 (45:56):
And I listened to you every day at your job.

Speaker 11 (46:00):
The only way I could describe you as the.

Speaker 3 (46:03):
Bomb Bless you. I receive it.

Speaker 9 (46:08):
Every day. I listen you just like I did Bobby OJ.

Speaker 11 (46:11):
And when them people came in, stood in, you know,
to uh have w d A going on?

Speaker 6 (46:18):
When it was going down with Bobby OJ, I never
did turn that radio off of w d I.

Speaker 3 (46:23):
I listen, said everybody.

Speaker 11 (46:25):
That's how I knew you wasn't.

Speaker 3 (46:26):
No no staying in.

Speaker 11 (46:28):
I knew you had that job, and you're doing an
excellent job.

Speaker 6 (46:34):
And you bet and you right, Bobby OJ end the
girls down on you and you're right. Bobby is proud
of you. He's very proud of you, and I believe
that I appreciate it.

Speaker 11 (46:45):
Yess what, And I listen to every day stay in Bill, I'm.

Speaker 14 (46:48):
Telling you every day.

Speaker 5 (46:50):
I don't even when, even when you.

Speaker 11 (46:53):
Make a surprise that you not gonna be there, I
still listening.

Speaker 3 (46:59):
I appreciate all right, I appreciated it.

Speaker 6 (47:01):
I appreciate w D I and I got Bird Live,
I got Bird Live beat.

Speaker 11 (47:05):
She says she loves w D. I.

Speaker 3 (47:08):
I'm in love with w D. I, Well, thank you.
I like that. That's the difference too.

Speaker 4 (47:13):
You know what.

Speaker 2 (47:13):
I I think about three years ago when I sat
in the air chair and I was just doing it temporarily,
and and when that happened, we all had.

Speaker 3 (47:22):
So many mixed, so many emotions. I mean, you know,
when that happened and we got the news of.

Speaker 2 (47:26):
Bobby's I don't want to say I'm stopping short of
saying untimely death, because you know, Lord makes no mistakes,
he gives an, he takes. Blessed be the name. But
when they asked me just to kind of sit in,
you know, I was still in the school system, and
I forgot who it was. I think it was either

(47:47):
Big Sue or Trace. Somebody said Stan King's just coming.
You know, maybe do a day and just you know,
and hold it down for a minute and let the
listeners kind of open up and say some things about Bobby.

Speaker 3 (47:57):
I said, sure, I call a manager's school system. At
the time, it was Jericha Phillips, because I was in
communications at that time. Jericha said, we understand, go ahead, Stan,
take a few days and you know, going over there
and do what you do. Thank you, by the way,
jerich If I never told you that, so.

Speaker 2 (48:16):
I said, you know, I was just thinking I'd be
coming old back after a while, you know, Miss Shelby
kind of school, et cetera. Cler you know, just but
you know, everybody was feeling it, you know, death of
Bobby ojay Man. You got to you know, you gotta
change the things around, and a justin pivot. Two days
became four, four became a whole week. And then I
took a break and other people came in and kind

(48:38):
of held it down, and then you know, I went back.
You know, of course, I went back to work, and
then I have to After a while, they asked me
to come back and sit in again. I said, with
my home onwn, I ain't got that many personal sick
days and come, Dave, what'd you call me?

Speaker 3 (48:51):
Kall uh spirit days or someone? I said, I got that.
You'll manage your for that, you know, I said. I said,
well I can't.

Speaker 18 (48:56):
I got it.

Speaker 3 (48:57):
Then they came in one day and they said, well, staying,
we've been thinking, tag you it. I said, what? And
there you doing? There you go, And I kind of
heard Bob in the back of my mind saying, you
better do it. Not Bobby talking, now, you better do it.

(49:19):
So I wrote my letter to the school system. Make
sure I can take it. All my benefits though, why
I write that letter?

Speaker 19 (49:28):
And uh?

Speaker 8 (49:29):
And that was that on that in the.

Speaker 2 (49:31):
Studio right now this morning, the one and only, the
Honorable Michael Lowry.

Speaker 8 (49:36):
Is in here.

Speaker 3 (49:37):
I'll think it too.

Speaker 2 (49:37):
A little extra time in the green room. You like
them fruits and berries we have in that, guess.

Speaker 8 (49:42):
Just a little bit you right around here staying.

Speaker 3 (49:45):
They they said, he been out there, you don't want
to come out of the green room. You like the
treats that we have.

Speaker 8 (49:52):
I guess, yeah, I appreciate the way you all treat people.

Speaker 21 (49:54):
You know what, though, I'm glad I got a chance
to sit in and listen to that caller because you
know that you're receiving those flowers right there for the
job that you're doing. And I know Bobby is just
smiling on you for you sitting in that chair right now.
So brother, you know, all the best to you.

Speaker 2 (50:08):
Thank you, don all right, So man, you know, it's
a nice ride. I tell you though it's a hot seat,
but it's a nice ride.

Speaker 3 (50:14):
Thank you. Michael Lower is in the building.

Speaker 1 (50:16):
Man.

Speaker 2 (50:16):
You got a lot of things going on, man, one
of which is a golf tournament.

Speaker 10 (50:20):
Yeah, we do.

Speaker 3 (50:20):
Just oh well, you were excited about it.

Speaker 21 (50:22):
It's our fifth annual golf tournament and benefits Lamono in College,
so you know that's near and dear to my heart,
I'm a graduate Lamono in College and so was my father,
and so many of you out there, listen. If you
don't you know somebody that went to lamon in or
if not, you know one of your first teachers went
to Lamore Because if you were black in the city
of Memphis and you were a teacher, there's only one
place you could go, and that's Lamono in College. So
I'm obviously passionate about what happens with that school. So

(50:44):
we do a golf tournament stand every year to celebrate
lamonn and to hopefully give scholarships and everything to students.
But this year is a little special because it's our
fifth year. But a lot of people don't know that
lamon On College is the fifth oldest HBCU in the country,
in the country, in the country. I'm talking about history
right there. So it's anonymous something special about that number five.

(51:05):
So it's gonna be uh next Saturday on August sixteenth
at mir Michi Golf Course.

Speaker 11 (51:11):
Uh.

Speaker 8 (51:11):
I think I still got a couple of slots to feel,
so you want to get it.

Speaker 3 (51:14):
I know my audience may oh yeah, yes.

Speaker 21 (51:18):
It used to be justin Timberlay's golf Course out in Millington.

Speaker 8 (51:21):
It's a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful golf course. Fight Road.

Speaker 21 (51:25):
It's right right, yep, right fifty one Fight Road, and
it's kind of one of those things you've never been,
maybe off the little beaten paths, but you know, just
like Shelby County, there's so many hitting gyms and once
you drive up on it, like wow, I didn't know
all this was back here. So it's a great time.
And and this year is then we got a special
guest joined us this year. Uh for those who remember
nineties R and B artists and Grammy nominated artists, miche

(51:48):
La is going to be performing out there as well,
and so we got some tickets to that.

Speaker 8 (51:52):
Now obviously had all goals to benefit La Morna in college.

Speaker 21 (51:55):
So we're looking forward to seeing Michelle come a form
a couple of versions like that.

Speaker 3 (52:00):
Ain't no more lies, no more, no more question what
she's still talking like that?

Speaker 8 (52:03):
That's pretty good.

Speaker 11 (52:04):
She talks like that.

Speaker 8 (52:06):
Boy, but boys like michel ya somebody.

Speaker 3 (52:11):
That's right, that's right, Yeah, she got that.

Speaker 10 (52:13):
Boy.

Speaker 3 (52:14):
I'm like, how's she talking?

Speaker 17 (52:15):
I talk?

Speaker 8 (52:15):
I watched it.

Speaker 3 (52:16):
I didn't even I want to talk like me.

Speaker 8 (52:17):
I'm no more life, no more questions.

Speaker 3 (52:19):
Might shell a something in my heart, you know.

Speaker 21 (52:22):
But when she starts singing, I'm telling it's coming from
it's coming out of deep in the soul.

Speaker 11 (52:28):
Bro.

Speaker 8 (52:28):
Oh yeah, So we're just we're excited about that.

Speaker 21 (52:30):
And and uh, you know she's so she's going to
be in So we got a hospitality from somebody, right, yeah,
the sixteen.

Speaker 8 (52:36):
So some people may say, you know what you know, you.

Speaker 21 (52:38):
Know, Michael, I don't play golf and that's what that's
what I want to support, and that's why we started
doing what we call the Hospitality Tent for some people
who may not play, but they still want to support
lament On College. So you can go do that and
that's where you know, we'll have those foods and drinks
and things that nature, and they're live entertainment. And also,
let me forget though, I'm talking about Michelle Later obviously
because she's a uh Grammy Award winning nominated artist, so

(52:59):
she has you know, classic hits. But we also got
some local artists as well. So mister Larry Springfield, it's
gonna be out there with this. Well, yeah, your son's
gonna be out there and open it up.

Speaker 8 (53:09):
For us as well.

Speaker 21 (53:10):
So we're gonna have some entertainment out there for those
want to come out and hang out with us. Yeah,
we know it's gonna be a little hot. We'll have
some fans out there, but it's it's all for a
good calls.

Speaker 3 (53:20):
Just why I needed Larry Springfield. Larry Springfeld, I need
you to sing this on one song for me.

Speaker 13 (53:23):
Man.

Speaker 2 (53:23):
I like how Larry does That's steal Away at Johnny
Taylor record steal Away. I like how Larry Springfield singing
that song steal Away. Oh yeah, all right, anything else
going on the golf term is gonna be off to change.
Bring Michelle late by if you can't, maybe that Friday
we can bring in maybe if she gets here, if.

Speaker 3 (53:40):
She makes it, will make it like you get on.

Speaker 21 (53:44):
But I just you know, I just want to, you know,
obviously make sure that everyone knows about it and also
appreciate the support that you do for la more. And
we just had eight oh seven day, and so the
significance of eight o seven day because the address full
the morning on College is eight o seven Walker Avenue.
So every year on eight to on eight seven, right
August seventh, lamren On College does a telethellan and it says, hey,

(54:06):
we're raising money and obviously help us for scholarships and
everything else. So just support our just support the only
HBCU in the city, in the county wherever where you can,
so the golf tournaments.

Speaker 8 (54:15):
Won't wait to do it or another way to do it.

Speaker 21 (54:17):
It's just going down to eight o seven Walker Avenue
or go to loc dot edu to make sure support.
We got to make sure we're taking care of our
own that we're supporting our own and again a lot
of the people don't know again that the fifth oldest
HBCU in the country, in the country, we'll started right
here in Memphis, Tennessee at La Morena On College. So
we're excited about the golf tournament and we look forward

(54:38):
to having a good time again August sixteenth. The golf
tournament starts at nine am, but the hospitality tent with
the live entertainment, it's going to start at eleven.

Speaker 8 (54:48):
So if you're interested in the.

Speaker 21 (54:49):
Few tickets that we may have available, just give us
a call at two to two one thousand, two to
one thousand, two one thousand, and you can get some
ticket information as well for the hospitality tent and the
live entertainment we're going to have. So looking forward to
seeing everybody on the green and at the course on
the sixteenth, Donobu. Michael Lowry Shell be kind of commissioner.

(55:11):
Also manage it fitex. I throw it out that, I
throw it out there. You're a little fec my opinion,
friend Smith of the Genius. Yeah, gone but not forgotten,
and you're doing some remarkable things. So you're doing a
yeoman's job.

Speaker 2 (55:23):
Mister Lowry and this golf tournament, I wish God's be
the best sellout and everybody have fun, uh you know
out there?

Speaker 3 (55:29):
Manh yeah, that's what's up.

Speaker 2 (55:32):
Oh, before I let you go, How things going on
the communications center there, the Myron Lowry you know.

Speaker 1 (55:38):
It is it is.

Speaker 21 (55:39):
I mean, it's going great over there. I mean I'm
always proud to see the Lowry Communication Center. So those
that don't know, on the campus of the morning On College,
they have named the building for the Lowry Communications Center.
Folks don't know that father used to live in that
house on Walker Avenue and donate it to the college.

Speaker 3 (55:56):
I didn't know that myself actually living there.

Speaker 21 (56:00):
So so all right there on Walker Avenue and donate
it to the school, and the schools used it for
a miread of things. I think it was a health
clinic back when I was in college and all that
kind of good stuff. But you know, obviously old to
Myron Lowry for getting his starting broadcasting journalism over there
at WMC Channel five. And now we have a communication
center where students learning about podcasting and learning about doing

(56:23):
what you're doing right now stand hosting. There's a radio
stations called eight O seven Magic Magic Magic eight o
seven is the name of the radio station Internet radio station,
So students go and learn about how to you know,
give interviews, and how to do podcasting, and how to
do all kinds of live streaming everything else right over
there at eight o seven Walker at the lower Communication Center.

Speaker 3 (56:43):
So that's going well. So shout out to Ena.

Speaker 21 (56:45):
Scwe right, who is over there, who's the director there
as well, and all the students who are learning their
craft and shaping their craft so one day they could
be in your shoes.

Speaker 8 (56:55):
Stand that it is.

Speaker 3 (56:56):
It is.

Speaker 2 (56:56):
We've been speaking with Michael Lowry. I appreciate you coming
by man, God speak, keep doing what you do. Five
and man, we'll look forward to the golf turning. All right, brother,
and on swinging by myself. All right, thank you so much.
All right, have a great weekend too. But Lowry, I'm
gonna leave with this a letter from since Bobby oj day.
It's his birthday today. Oh by the way, come back
for quicker michav share your moment of memory, of fond

(57:19):
memory with Bobby.

Speaker 8 (57:20):
Didn't today's birthday. It's meant for me to be here,
I'm telling you.

Speaker 10 (57:26):
So.

Speaker 21 (57:27):
For Black History Month, I chose to honor Bobby OJ
and Uh. This is obviously why Bobby was still with us.
And so Bobby came down to the County commission chambers. Uh,
and obviously I was glad to be able to give
him his flowers right there in front of him and
tell him how much he's meant, uh, not only to
the city, but of I WD I a listeners, and

(57:49):
how man the impact he's had as well. And so
I was able to do that with his wife and
his family there to see us give him that honor.
So I was proud about that. And then you know,
it was almost timely because not long ago, almost a
year later, we were having the street dedication in his
honor after his passing.

Speaker 8 (58:07):
We did that downtown as well.

Speaker 21 (58:09):
So all haves have fond memories of Bobby, because you know,
when I called him and say had won to honor him,
he was like me, right, You're still still very humble
in this approach and very much loved our city, very
opinionated as we needed him to be as well, but
always want the best for our city.

Speaker 8 (58:23):
So his legacy lives on through you standing and through
all your listeners as well.

Speaker 3 (58:27):
Man, Thank you so much for that story.

Speaker 2 (58:29):
Man, that's super nice man, Michael Lowry speaking from heart
about my predecessor. Man, that's super nice man. Bobby joj Man.
I know he was excited when he got that proclamation
in that award and that tribute to all of that stuff.

Speaker 14 (58:42):
Man.

Speaker 2 (58:43):
All right, I want to close with this letter from
a WI listener and let me pull it up.

Speaker 3 (58:48):
She writes.

Speaker 2 (58:50):
In the subject space, Bobby JJ, I appreciate you keep achieving,
brother Lowry. So Stan, Bobby and I both from Baseville,
went to school. He went to school with my brothers.

Speaker 9 (59:03):
You know.

Speaker 2 (59:03):
When Sharon died, Bobby and I used to be up
most nights laughing and talking about his callers. He would
put Miss Thomas on after Clyde. She would talk about
him so badl L. Most of his callers would be
sad about something when they called. His fun morning show

(59:25):
was therapy for them and awesome man. Signed Fanny Garner.

Speaker 8 (59:30):
He's on and popping.

Speaker 1 (59:31):
It's the Stan Belle Morning Show weekdays from six to
ten AM on the Heart and Soul of Memphis ten
to seventy WD.

Speaker 11 (59:38):
I a