Doug,
Always great to be remembered... My 6 1/2
years at KFXM were some of the best of my life... Retired now, and bored... I
hear from Bruce Chandler and Ted Brown every once in a while... Received an update
from Jim Zippo, who followed me at KFXM and later had the same shift (morning
drive) as I had at KMEN.
Here's a photo update ... This was taken
Thanksgiving afternoon of last year... I was aboard the Sapphire Princess on
the last two days of my annual, (20+ years) cruise to Mexico around the
holidays.
Feel free to give out my e-mail address to
anyone who asks, unless they sell HerbaLife - Amway - or any MLM product or
service.
Hope all is well... Please send me the link
to your site... I've switched computers and lost a lot of contacts.
Doug,
I had a thought about some KFXM/KMEN trivia
that came to my attention recently... Nobody probably gives a rats ass, but I
thought you might find it interesting.
Jim Zippo got the morning drive shift at KFXM
when I went to be PD/AM Drive at KMEN... Later, after several "warm
bodies" served time working mornings for Ron Thompson @KMEN, Jim Zippo
took over the chair. Jim and I were both considered for the contract to provide
Disco Services for the lounge at the Holiday Inn in San Bernardino, the home of
KFXM/KDUO-FM. I got the contract and provided those services for a year and a
half.
Both our careers ran parallel for a time in
the Inland Empire. But, to this date, I have never met Jim in person or talked
to him on the phone. We recently exchanged some e-mails but that's been our
only direct contact.
Here's a pic (Biz Card) with my real name and
e-mail... Feel free to use it if you wish... This was taken in late 2011.
Doug
How did I come up withThe Name?
I figured out pretty quickly, back at
KVCR at SBVC, that "Magnuson" wasn't a good "Professional"
name... When people see it in print they can't pronounce it, they can't spell
it when they hear it. they can't remember it... As a name to use on the radio
it... it... how can I put it tactfuly... IT SUCKS!
Together with a group of friends, over
beer, we decided it should be a one syllable first name and a two syllable last
name... It should be easy to say, spell and remember... Afer a few more
"brewski's" we agreed on DOUG COLLINS... So, you see... It was
another ALCOHOL RELATED ACCIDENT!
Doug
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Our webmaster has outdone himself. All hail the webmaster!
You might also remember Doug Collins as the voice on the commercials for the Super Shops aka San Bernardino Racing Equipment. There were other locations such as Lakewood, CO but I can't remember them now.
A real coup, Dougmaster, for bringing this historic scoop to the fore on your blogsite. And the narratives by Uncle Douggo fill in a lot of blank spots previously unknown to the general public.
Sure pleased to know Collins is alive and living somewhere around Anaheim, Azusa or Cucamonga!
Haven't heard the reference to
"uncle Douggo" from the previous poster in many decades!
Brings back memories of the
once-popular Uncle Douggo Fan Club or whatever named it went under.
Nice knowing that the machine-like sounding DJ is still with us.
Great of you to post the Doug info.
You both have the same first name
and initials, DC.
I kept reading trying to figure
out the Dougs.
I emailed him.
Collins??? After all this time, who the hell really cares?
A lot of us do.
Some of us worked directly with
DC. Reason to care? Yea he
influenced those of us who worked
there. DC wasn't always
right about doing things.
But I never saw an evil person
at all. Saw an ego. But who
in radio doesn't have one.
If you can't promote yourself,
you're dead.
THis is a site to remember our past, good or bad in some cases.
He was always good to me.
Just remembering how that ultra-insensitive ego of DC's really caused some career harm to "a lot of us". He is despised in some quarters for his arrogance and superficial personality in dealing unfairly with many of those around him at KFXM.
Now that Doug has found Doug, let's track down Charlie Walters!
Last word heard years ago: Charlie Walters was a paramedic driving ambulances in the Big Sur area???
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