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Speaker 1 (00:00):
John Mounds filling in for JT hosting Alabama's Morning News,
and today's show was intended when I planned this out,
to be all about remembering nine to eleven, which happened
twenty four years ago today. In fact, this very moment.
I chose this time to talk about this because this
was the moment when the first plane hit the North Tower,
the first tower to be hit by Flight seventy seven,
(00:22):
on September eleventh, two thousand and one. Joining me right
now to remember that time and also talk about what
happened less than twenty four hours ago in Utah. Is
the man who sat in this very chair, Well this
is in a new chair, but in this spot hosting
Alabama's morriing News, Kevin Miller, I call you the morning
show host emeritus of Alabama's Morning News. Vin, Welcome to
(00:43):
the show.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Well, it's a privilege to be on with you, and
JT has just taken that program to such an incredible level,
both of you and the legacy of WERC and of
course all over the state of Alabama. You know, it's
a great responsibility. And when we were in those chairs,
we were much younger, and with age gives us perspective
(01:04):
not only on what we went through so many years ago,
but what happened yesterday. And you know when we were doing,
you know, going over this meeting. I had met Charlie
Kirk several times. He had been someone unlike a lot
of national people that would come out to the west,
to Utah, to Idaho where there's not a lot of population,
but they're sure as people of traditional American conservative values.
(01:28):
And this is one that our old friend Rush Limbaugh
would always get us through. So whether it's JT or
John Mouns or Kevin Miller, we're all here together, gathered
in prayer and patriotism because we're better than this, and
Charlie would want us to overcome. And when an inspirational story.
Charlie Kirk was, and we all miss him and we
(01:50):
all pray for him, Kevin.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
When we talk about Charlie, they always say you don't
want to meet your heroes, And I would have loved
to have met Charlie Kirk. And some people say, well,
they're phony, they're not really what they're like. But you
actually had a chance to meet him. Is he when
he's not in front of the cameras, not in front
of the mic. Is he the same person that we see.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Bro Let me say this, as many people may remember
my time in Birmingham or the many adventures that you
and I have had, both on and off the air,
I'm one of the most cynical people he'll ever meet. Yeh,
but we had Yeah, yeah, you can laugh at that,
John Mounts. However, we did an event here in Eagle, Idaho.
And when you see people come and go in the
(02:29):
conservative sphere, especially now, it's hits and clicks and DAPs
and dips, and you know, you get to a website
and already you're a conservative leader. But Charlie was here.
He was twenty six years old. But Charlie was different.
Charlie partnered with faith based organizations and he was here
with a very conservative California minister. And it was funny
(02:50):
because behind the scenes he's taking time to talk you know,
gun politics with our friend Greg Pruet from the IDO
second amendallies to college football with me. We're missing a beat.
But unlike a lot of folks, Charlie was a man
of faith, of principle of value. And it's kind of
interesting when you're the old guy and young kid is
just a shining star of an example, always took time
(03:12):
with people. That was the first time a couple of
years ago he came into it and it did a
massive appearance at a church and once again took time
to listen to people before he went out on stage.
And it was a privilege to introduce him, to get
to meet this man. And by the way, when you're
around Charlie Kirk, you feel like an underachiever. The guy
(03:33):
college dropout started turning point USA at eighteen, was friends
with people in the White House. You know, we talk
about the next Rush Limbaugh, but Charlie was Rush, but
not with our not only with our beloved format, but
with so many things. And John, as you know, he
could have pieced out, but chose the path of conservative
(03:56):
evangelism to go to these campuses to save America. So yes,
he was the really, really real deal.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
And that's the thing that always because it's easy in
this day and age where they edit stuff, and you know,
because I know him in little one minute and two
minute clips, but you got to see him unedited, unscripted
doing one of these events. Was he ever stumped? It
didn't look like anythone ever stumps him. Whatever, they happened,
and he doesn't just speak off the top of his head.
He knows the chapter literally, the chapter in verse, and
(04:24):
he knows it in Greek and in English. It was
always amazing, How well is he really like that in person?
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Well he was. And like I said, you know this
is remember when I first met him, I was twenty twenty,
so he was in with the you know, the administration.
Everything was rolling and then he's out. But he always
remained loyal. And what I remember was is, here's this
very young man taking time to be a rock star
(04:50):
to all of the people that were around him. Very humble,
very very accommodating, and wanted to educate. I can remember
that his last appearance that I saw, he was in
a church and before he went out, I mean, I
was just impressed with the immense security presence. He had
a private prayer talk with the pastor and before they
went out and inspired folks. So yes, he was very real.
(05:13):
And it's sometimes it's tough for us old fossils to
acknowledge young people and we remember the good old days,
but Charlie brought those back and understood the importance of
bringing conservatism, of Christianity, of faith, the foundations, the backbone
of America, making them hip in the age of the
TikTok and the Instagram. Truly remarkable. It's I can't believe
(05:37):
that he's gone. And I also can't believe. You know, John,
you and I grew up in a time where we
would have relationships with people, but because of the digital
because of this, because of that, he actually, you know,
almost moved into mar Lago. He was you know, Donald
Trump Junior called him a little brother people at the
White House. You heard Riley Gaines last night with their
(05:59):
own Clay Track Us and our own Sean Hannity talking
about the impact he had on people. He grew up
with them, and again, because of the digital ages, there's
no barriers anymore. So he was with not only the
most powerful, but people from Idaho to Alabama. He was
a man of the people.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Kevin, let's briefly pivot, because I know your time is
precious and limited this morning. Let's pivot to another act
of terror because of some because of faith, that happened
twenty four years ago to this very minute, and you
were on the air the events that unfolded September eleventh,
and you were hosting this show as all of that unfolded,
(06:39):
What was going through your minds as a person just
trying to navigate this and take what's happening on a
national from a national standpoint and articulate it to the
listeners so they could understand it, because at this point
all we knew was there was a fire at the
top of one of the World Trade Center buildings, and
that's all we knew.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Well, And whether you're Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh or
Kevin Miller, you're only as good as the person you're
working with. And I relied heavily on John Mounts. And
you know, people in Birmingham are very blessed to have John.
You hear him on the air, but he does a
thousand times more things off the air. So while I
would be speaking, I would be talking to you off
the air. We went to all of our six other
(07:18):
radio stations, so we had an immense responsibility and you
emotionally detach yourself from that. We brought in our friend Paul.
We did everything that we could, coordinating with our company,
a parent company at the time, because we didn't know
if the Southeast region went down, Birmingham was the backup
we also thought Air Force one was flying through. So
sometimes we got things wrong, we got things right. Remember,
(07:41):
the scariest part about that day was we didn't know
where the president was and you know, to accurately report
that to take calls. The magic of talk radio. You
remove yourself as a person, you remove yourself from emotion,
and you just go, go go.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
I tell you the go, go go. But this morning, especially,
I've had a heck of a time removing myself from
the I've gotten emotional a couple of times talking about
Charlie Kirk just today, and it is tough in those
situations to really bring people what they need, but at
the same time still be a human being. And Kevin,
you've always done a tremendous job of that and you
(08:20):
continue to be an exemplary broadcaster. Like I said, you're
the morning show host emeritus for Alabama's Morning News. Thank
you so much for taking a few minutes to join
us this morning to share your perspective on Charlie Kirk
on nine to eleven on those events, and we really
appreciate your time.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Look, you're the best job Mounts JT is the best,
WRC is the best. God bless
John Mounds filling in for JT hosting Alabama's Morning News,
and today's show was intended when I planned this out,
to be all about remembering nine to eleven, which happened
twenty four years ago today. In fact, this very moment.
I chose this time to talk about this because this
was the moment when the first plane hit the North Tower,
the first tower to be hit by Flight seventy seven,
(00:22):
on September eleventh, two thousand and one. Joining me right
now to remember that time and also talk about what
happened less than twenty four hours ago in Utah. Is
the man who sat in this very chair, Well this
is in a new chair, but in this spot hosting
Alabama's morriing News, Kevin Miller, I call you the morning
show host emeritus of Alabama's Morning News. Vin, Welcome to
(00:43):
the show.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Well, it's a privilege to be on with you, and
JT has just taken that program to such an incredible level,
both of you and the legacy of WERC and of
course all over the state of Alabama. You know, it's
a great responsibility. And when we were in those chairs,
we were much younger, and with age gives us perspective
(01:04):
not only on what we went through so many years ago,
but what happened yesterday. And you know when we were doing,
you know, going over this meeting. I had met Charlie
Kirk several times. He had been someone unlike a lot
of national people that would come out to the west,
to Utah, to Idaho where there's not a lot of population,
but they're sure as people of traditional American conservative values.
(01:28):
And this is one that our old friend Rush Limbaugh
would always get us through. So whether it's JT or
John Mouns or Kevin Miller, we're all here together, gathered
in prayer and patriotism because we're better than this, and
Charlie would want us to overcome. And when an inspirational story.
Charlie Kirk was, and we all miss him and we
(01:50):
all pray for him, Kevin.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
When we talk about Charlie, they always say you don't
want to meet your heroes, And I would have loved
to have met Charlie Kirk. And some people say, well,
they're phony, they're not really what they're like. But you
actually had a chance to meet him. Is he when
he's not in front of the cameras, not in front
of the mic. Is he the same person that we see.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Bro Let me say this, as many people may remember
my time in Birmingham or the many adventures that you
and I have had, both on and off the air,
I'm one of the most cynical people he'll ever meet. Yeh,
but we had Yeah, yeah, you can laugh at that,
John Mounts. However, we did an event here in Eagle, Idaho.
And when you see people come and go in the
(02:29):
conservative sphere, especially now, it's hits and clicks and DAPs
and dips, and you know, you get to a website
and already you're a conservative leader. But Charlie was here.
He was twenty six years old. But Charlie was different.
Charlie partnered with faith based organizations and he was here
with a very conservative California minister. And it was funny
(02:50):
because behind the scenes he's taking time to talk you know,
gun politics with our friend Greg Pruet from the IDO
second amendallies to college football with me. We're missing a beat.
But unlike a lot of folks, Charlie was a man
of faith, of principle of value. And it's kind of
interesting when you're the old guy and young kid is
just a shining star of an example, always took time
(03:12):
with people. That was the first time a couple of
years ago he came into it and it did a
massive appearance at a church and once again took time
to listen to people before he went out on stage.
And it was a privilege to introduce him, to get
to meet this man. And by the way, when you're
around Charlie Kirk, you feel like an underachiever. The guy
(03:33):
college dropout started turning point USA at eighteen, was friends
with people in the White House. You know, we talk
about the next Rush Limbaugh, but Charlie was Rush, but
not with our not only with our beloved format, but
with so many things. And John, as you know, he
could have pieced out, but chose the path of conservative
(03:56):
evangelism to go to these campuses to save America. So yes,
he was the really, really real deal.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
And that's the thing that always because it's easy in
this day and age where they edit stuff, and you know,
because I know him in little one minute and two
minute clips, but you got to see him unedited, unscripted
doing one of these events. Was he ever stumped? It
didn't look like anythone ever stumps him. Whatever, they happened,
and he doesn't just speak off the top of his head.
He knows the chapter literally, the chapter in verse, and
(04:24):
he knows it in Greek and in English. It was
always amazing, How well is he really like that in person?
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Well he was. And like I said, you know this
is remember when I first met him, I was twenty twenty,
so he was in with the you know, the administration.
Everything was rolling and then he's out. But he always
remained loyal. And what I remember was is, here's this
very young man taking time to be a rock star
(04:50):
to all of the people that were around him. Very humble,
very very accommodating, and wanted to educate. I can remember
that his last appearance that I saw, he was in
a church and before he went out, I mean, I
was just impressed with the immense security presence. He had
a private prayer talk with the pastor and before they
went out and inspired folks. So yes, he was very real.
(05:13):
And it's sometimes it's tough for us old fossils to
acknowledge young people and we remember the good old days,
but Charlie brought those back and understood the importance of
bringing conservatism, of Christianity, of faith, the foundations, the backbone
of America, making them hip in the age of the
TikTok and the Instagram. Truly remarkable. It's I can't believe
(05:37):
that he's gone. And I also can't believe. You know, John,
you and I grew up in a time where we
would have relationships with people, but because of the digital
because of this, because of that, he actually, you know,
almost moved into mar Lago. He was you know, Donald
Trump Junior called him a little brother people at the
White House. You heard Riley Gaines last night with their
(05:59):
own Clay Track Us and our own Sean Hannity talking
about the impact he had on people. He grew up
with them, and again, because of the digital ages, there's
no barriers anymore. So he was with not only the
most powerful, but people from Idaho to Alabama. He was
a man of the people.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Kevin, let's briefly pivot, because I know your time is
precious and limited this morning. Let's pivot to another act
of terror because of some because of faith, that happened
twenty four years ago to this very minute, and you
were on the air the events that unfolded September eleventh,
and you were hosting this show as all of that unfolded,
(06:39):
What was going through your minds as a person just
trying to navigate this and take what's happening on a
national from a national standpoint and articulate it to the
listeners so they could understand it, because at this point
all we knew was there was a fire at the
top of one of the World Trade Center buildings, and
that's all we knew.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Well, And whether you're Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh or
Kevin Miller, you're only as good as the person you're
working with. And I relied heavily on John Mounts. And
you know, people in Birmingham are very blessed to have John.
You hear him on the air, but he does a
thousand times more things off the air. So while I
would be speaking, I would be talking to you off
the air. We went to all of our six other
(07:18):
radio stations, so we had an immense responsibility and you
emotionally detach yourself from that. We brought in our friend Paul.
We did everything that we could, coordinating with our company,
a parent company at the time, because we didn't know
if the Southeast region went down, Birmingham was the backup
we also thought Air Force one was flying through. So
sometimes we got things wrong, we got things right. Remember,
(07:41):
the scariest part about that day was we didn't know
where the president was and you know, to accurately report
that to take calls. The magic of talk radio. You
remove yourself as a person, you remove yourself from emotion,
and you just go, go go.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
I tell you the go, go go. But this morning, especially,
I've had a heck of a time removing myself from
the I've gotten emotional a couple of times talking about
Charlie Kirk just today, and it is tough in those
situations to really bring people what they need, but at
the same time still be a human being. And Kevin,
you've always done a tremendous job of that and you
(08:20):
continue to be an exemplary broadcaster. Like I said, you're
the morning show host emeritus for Alabama's Morning News. Thank
you so much for taking a few minutes to join
us this morning to share your perspective on Charlie Kirk
on nine to eleven on those events, and we really
appreciate your time.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Look, you're the best job Mounts JT is the best,
WRC is the best. God bless
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