The LuLac Edition #293, August 27th, 2997

PHOTO INDEX: WILK'S NANCY KMAN AND KEVIN LYNN, THE HUNTLEY AND BRINKLEY LOGO, KRZ'S SHADOE STEELE WITH ACTOR ROBERT CONRAD.

TEAM CONCEPT

A local media blogger recently felt, in his opinion that Nancy Kman should step down during her illness from the renowned "Nancy and Kevin" show on WILK. While this fellow blogger has some interesting ideas and concepts, this isn't one of them. The team of Kman and Lynn has given AM radio a tandem that can only be matched by FM's Daniels and Webster. One is diminshed without the other. Both balance one another despite similar political views. When Huntlety and Brinkley stop being a duo in 1970 when Chet Huntley retired to Montana, things were never the same at NBC. With Nancy ill, Kevin soldiers on and does well. That's because he is a professional. But tandem broadcasting is rare, it never works. Just ask the number of teams WARM Radio tried out in the 80s and 90s. WILK's Nancy and Kevin works as a team, much like its sports team of Neyhard and Thomas. WILK's morning team has become part of the morning fabric of NEPA and dare I say, part of the pop culture. Nancy Kman giving up the show is not an option. Her limited appearances are the breaths of fresh air needed in talk radio. We wish her well in her recovery and we wish her years of being part of the team with Mr. Lynn. To suggest that Kman step down is an insult to her courageous health battle she is in but also, less importantly to the listeners who depend and enjoy the conflicted bantering and meanderings of Nancy and Kevin on WILK.

SHADOE IN THE WILD WEST

We all grow up as fans of a TV show, but rarely do we get to meet our childhood TV icons. KRZ's Shadoe Steele did so recently by meeting The Wild Wild West's Robert Conrad. Mr. Steele and his lady friend Barbara had dinner with the actor as well as visiting his home in sunny California. You could tell by his expression in the photo that it was a dream come true for Shadoe who has interviewed just about every entertainment figure under the planet. Congrats to Shadoe on this celebrity fete..............now if only I can get him to help me track down Geena Davis!!!

COMING SOON: FRANK CROSSIN SENIOR'S REVOLUTION