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With special guests personalities and disk jockeys which made it some of the most exciting and unforgettable listening experiences in the history of radio broadcasting. Stay tuned.
VMSoul sends out its best wishes and prayers for our long time friend, good neighbor, and one of the great radio jocks, Kirby Carmichael. May you get well soon and have a speedy recovery.
They were the DJ’s who delivered the music we loved, but more than that, they were the “personality jocks” who kept us up on the latest happenings. Starting with the legendary “Daddy” Jack Holmes, these were the velvety voices which issued us the time, the weather, the hot news of the day, the latest gossip, and all the tidbits of info which touched our meager lives and made us feel better.
We are searching for names, pictures, and stories about the Personality Jocks who touched your lives from stations like WRAP, WHIH, & WPCE.
Names like:
“Daddy” Jack Holmes
Dick Lamb
Bill Boykins
Frank “The Master Storyteller--King Hotdog” Halison
KNOWSTON featuring the music programs of the ORIGINAL OLDIES SHOW Bill Boykins is still on the air. He has worked for eight local radio stations over the years, including WLPM, WRAP, WPCE, WBSK, WMYK, WSVY, WGPL and these days, WCPK.
Bill Boykins
A special shout out to our old friend, Calvin Cooke.
THE MASTER STORYTELLER "King Hot Dog" Frank Halison
Can you recall rushing home to move those rabbit ears around on that old TV, so you could pick up WHRO TV's broadcast of "The Gig" hosted by Calvin "Shakespere" Perkins? Calvin also was a hot, personality jock on radio station WHIH.
"The Gig" featured students from the area's schools doing the latest dance steps on the air to the hot music of the day. "Shakespere" was like the Pied Piper of local talent, leading them on to the promised land and exposing them to new heights. He now goes by the moniker, Calvin Van P, and he is CEO of Buy Hot New Music.com., in Woodlawn, CA.
All you GET DOWN DANCERS from Carver, Crestwood, Norcom, Booker T., Phenix, Huntington, Union Kempsville, East Suffolk, and others...roll call!!
Edward H.
I REMEMBER GROWING UP AND LISTENING DADDY JACK HOLMES EVERY SCHOOL MORNING YELLING GET UP FROM THERE BOOKER-T,NORVIEW,LAKE TAYLOR, GET UP FROM THERE. AFTER THAT EVERY DAY WAS A GOOD DAY. I STILL MISS HIM AND THE OLD DAYS. THANKS FOR KEEPING HIS LEGACY GOING.
---- LT. HIGH.....CLASS OF 1982
Valarie B.
calvin cooke is a real rags to fame kind of thing coming out of the washington park projects in 70s and cutting his radio teeth on portsmouth va's wpce 1400 am and then on to the number 1# r&b station at the time While still paying his dos calvin cooke hooked up with Soul Ranger / Master Storie Teller/ J.D Jackson & none othen Chester Benton / H.J Ellison/ and Daddy Jack Hommes. with a supporting cast like this its no wonder they ruled the air way of Hampton roads 4 years , These Guys were radio super stars. todayu calvin is a Voice Over Artist base out of his philadelphia studios and has owns his on radio production company many people over the years have heard his voice all a round the country and never new. who it was from NY to the LA basin This cats voice work is all over the place. please do not for him.
