WIUS Morning Company 1
Wednesday, January 13, 1982
Logsheet 12/24
The Morning Company was a weekly morning radio program on WIUS in the spring of 1982. Jeff L. Nance & Mike Conway had worked together on WIUS in previous semesters and brought together a group for the weekly program.
Earth News Radio, Lew Irwin
00:00 Busch Beer commercial
00:25 Earth News Radio interview with Mike Love on new solo album
Calendar Girl-Mike Love with Mike Love on why he made a solo album
3:13 8:35am, Jeff L. Nance, WIUS Morning Company
Winter Storm Warning, 4 inches of snow today, 3 more tonight
03:50 Beth Loeb of Kiva Underground interview
(this is where The Vault is located in 2024)
-Coffeehouse in IMU. Showcases the best in local talent
-Friday and Saturday nights
-Auditions for those who want to perform at Kiva
-more than just folk music, also jazz, mime, magic, juggling
11:45 Mallo Cup parody commercial
12:25 Peter Goerner’ Corner –“True Facts and Investigative Reporting”
-WIUS General Manager Pete Goerner with interesting stories
-Turtles in Virginia
-frozen radio waves
16:50 Blitz Beer -parody commercial
17:35 Movie Reviews with Sam Goldsmith
He lives in Ellettsville and has frozen pipes
“Ragtime” movie review, includes James Cagney
Milos Forman
25:20 Jim Henson is working on a non-Muppets movie
26:25 Winter Storm Warning for Bloomington
27:12 Randle Purtle Feed & Seed parody commercial
28:20 ABC Network News -Joe Templeton
-Unusual snow in the south
-Saved baby left in car in snow in Chicago, mom drinking in bar
-Citrus trees damaged because of cold temps… higher prices for oranges
-Pat Summerall commercial for True Value hardware stores
-“Families” Reader’s Digest magazine commercial
-UAW meetings w/ Ford and GM about cutting pay to help industry
-Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson set to join Hall of Fame
-Cross Country skier didn’t hear avalanche because he had on headphones w/
music
-Cleveland dating service -lunch partner
-Quaaludes no longer on sale at specific chain
-Judge’s robes being stolen
-Minnie Pearl commercial for Eggs -incredible edible egg
34:20 -WIUS News with Ron Petrovich
-IUSA is talking about Higher Education Week
-talk to legislature about higher cost of college
-IUSA discussing whether Foster Quad should be air conditioned
-Dave Waxman of IUSA
-Union Board Directors election process
-AT&T is forced to break up its companies
-Telecommunications Professor Herb Terry
-local calls could be more expensive, long-distance less expensive
-Grocery stores w/ pharmacies shouldn’t sell hard liquor -IU legislature
-Bloomington Convention & Visitors Bureau info VIP Line
37:55 Airplane made a nose dive but didn’t crash over Nebraska
Man stuck in snow in Evansville and no one would help
-Winter Storm Warning
39:20 9:10am
39:40 WIUS Sports with Eddie Willner
-Hank Aaron says he should be unanimous pick for Hall of Fame
-Frank Robinson should get in as well
-John McEnroe voted male athlete of the year for 1981
-Joe Paterno isn’t leaving Penn State for Patriots
-Bengals’ Kenny Anderson was MVP of NFL
-Fernando Valenzuela is negotiating with Dodgers for more money
-Bill Buckner is threatening to sit out Cubs season w/out more money
-Radio advertising -Radio is Red Hot -Radio Advertising Bureau
-Wichita State University basketball sanctions.. 16th ranked
-Julius Erving helped his team win, other NBA scores
-Gerry Cooney fighting Larry Holmes
45:00 -blank tape/silence
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50:25 -IU Basketball Assistant Coach Joby Wright interview with Eddie Willner
-What are your hobbies in spare time? Not a lot of spare time
-16 hours a day during the season he’s working
-in office by 8am
52:45 -look at film with players every other day -game and practice films
53:45 -training from 2:50p to 6pm, then talk about practice and watch film until 10am at
Night
54:25 -last year I was a grad asst. working w/ big men
-often working with big guys, also first year on staff, so lots to learn
-scouting
-since we have so many freshmen, Coach Knight has to do a lot of teaching this year
-players have too many turnovers and fouls this season.. concentration issue
57:40 -fundamentals are key.. lots of emphasis on that right now
-didn’t play well in New York..hopefully it was a learning experience
58:45 -young teams need to find an identity, confidence in each other
59:40 -IU plays all the players every year. So mixing up a lineup isn’t a new thing
-sign of strength that everyone gets to play
1:01:40 -playing Michigan tomorrow.. they’ve only won one game
-Wolverines don’t have any tall players
02:12 -Turner.. guard.. just a freshman but playing well. Also Rocky Moore
-IU is only 6-5 so far
IU brings out the best in people
03:23 Ohio State is doing very well… Eldon Miller, playing IU on Saturday
-OSU lost a bunch of players last year but they are still doing very well
-the ball bounces funny. This OSU team is rallying behind Clark Kellogg
-Coach Knight played at Ohio State. Always a good program
06:40 parody commercial -farm machinery, Randall Purtle Farm Implements
07:45 Winter Storm Warning for Bloomington
IU Vice President Kenneth Gros Louis interview
07:55 -he had a nice holiday vacation, went down to French Lick
09:00 -Bloomington is very quiet when students are gone.
-hardest part of being VP. Getting to know non-academic parts of IU
-physical plant, food services, IMU, transportation
-studying the budgets, visiting all the locations
11:11 -try to keep in mind his previous time as a professor
-going into administration is a step down because we want to teach and do research
-I’m trying to keep doing research, has a book coming out
-The Bible as Literature
13:03 -I enjoy my research so I find time to do it.
-can work the long hours because I enjoy all of the work
14:45 -being in the classroom is the safest place I’ll be all week
-can put admin stuff on hold
16:07 -very easy for administrator to just talk to each other and lose touch w/ faculty and
students
-his staff picks out faculty members and they have a lunch twice a week.
17:45 -keeps a list of what faculty talk about
-American Federation of Teachers warned that Gros Louis has taken over Faculty
Council
-most admins are part of faculty so not as big a deal.
-Faculty council sets its own agenda, not Gros Louis, just presiding officer
20:20 -born in New Hampshire. My dad was a Huron Indian in Canada, never got past sixth grade
-did a PhD in Wisconsin … interviewed at IU in ’63, but really wanted to move back
east
-thought I’d only be here a few years. Bloomington is a hard place to leave
-I enjoy my faculty colleagues and students.. stimulating
-I really like the Midwest now, people from elsewhere talk about relaxed faces
23:00 -end of interview
23:11 -Mallo Cup parody commercial
24:00 -Jeff L. Nance. 5 inches of snow on the ground…but sun is coming out
-Cold Weather survival tips
26:25 Blitz Beer parody commercial
27:20 Birthday Segment, Mike Conway, Jeff L Nance, Eddie Willner, Ron Petrovich
Anne Myers,
-they guess each person’s age: Rod Stewart, Ray Bolger, Rod Taylor, Charles Nelson
Reilly, Robert Stack, Faye Dunaway, Margaret O’Brien, Ethel Merman,
33:50 closing music
37:00 ABC News with Don Fisher
-winter storm in the south
38:35 -end of tape