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2009 Campaign, Peoria Federation of Teachers

Royce Elliott to perform at PFT candidates’ fundraiser

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From my in-box:

Hedy Elliott and I (Jeff Adkins-Dutro) are running for vice president and president (respectively) of the Peoria Federation of Teachers. On March 8, 2009, from noon – 3pm, at Sky Harbor in West Peoria, Illinois, we will be hosting a campaign fundraiser. For fifteen bucks, you can take in a show by comedian Royce Elliott, eat lunch, drink tea or coffee, purchase beer from the cash bar (which will be running at least one beer special), and support our cause.

You can see what we’re all about by visiting futurepft.blogspot.com.

You can check out Royce Elliott on You Tube:

We are getting tickets printed today! Please shoot us an e-mail or give us a call if you’re interested. All are invited. PLEASE let your teacher friends know! We want to get as many voters there as possible!!! (309) 339-9210.

Radio

“Unforgettable 1350” gone but not forgotten

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Everyone knows by now that 1350 WOAM and 94.3 WPMJ have gone off the air. But they deserve a requiem nonetheless.

Although their music was syndicated, 1350 AM had no small amount of local programming. Every morning, there was Breakfast with Royce [Elliott] and Roger [Monroe]. They had a lot of special guests, and of course a lot of humor. And during the summer, they carried the Peoria Chiefs baseball games. I’ll never forget hearing them win the Midwest League championship — an unbelievable come-from-behind win in the ninth inning (naturally, they were still a Cardinals affiliate then). They carried other local sports as well.

I didn’t listen to 94.3 very much, as it was all syndicated oldies music. Occasionally I’d turn it on for a song or two. It took on the oldies format after 93.3 jettisoned their “Big Oldies” moniker. Frankly, I won’t miss this station much, but I will definitely miss 1350. It had a definite local feel to it, without being talk radio. It had a lot of variety, and I’ll miss that.

On a positive note, the paper reports that station owner Bob Kelly “said he would continue to run the Kelly Communications Co. despite the stations being off the air with the hope of eventually bringing the stations back online. ‘I’m going to work full-time on getting financing.'”

So maybe 1350 will be back again someday. Hope so.