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KOLE-AM drops live morning showDisc jockey Robert X. Brown It gone, and so is station manager Rick Welch. KOLE-AM, one of Port Arthur’s few radio stations, has sailed into troubled waters once again.The station has canceled most of its live programming in favor of signals from the Satellite Music Network. That means the morning show, featuring Robert X., is on hiatus, as well as some planned live “remote” broadcasts from advertisers.Dale Palmer, owner of KOLE-KKMY, says: ‘‘In the past 10 months or so, we’ve tried to make KOLE purely Port Arthur. To be frank, we haven’t had a tremendous response from advertisers on the morning show We’ve kind of pulled back a bit, but KOLE will still be a Port Arthur-oriented station.”In other words, if KOLE were not owned by Palmer’s company, it would most likely be forced to leave the airwaves The only thing saving it is the small operating cost necessary to run a transmitter and pull a satellite signal out of the sky“It just became very cost prohibitive to operate the way we were operating,” says Palmer “The revenues generated by the station wereway below expectations.”Palmer says that Don LaFleur’s Cajun program on Saturday mornings is popular, and it will continue on KOLE. It may even be expanded an hourDannyAngelieThe Tyler-based station owner, who plans to live here and run operations for a while, says he plans to have another local morning program on the air “in the next four weeks.”KOLE, licensed to Port Arthur, is currently operating out of studios in Mauriceville. The Federal Communications Commission had set a deadline for the station to be located in Port Arthur proper by April 1. Palmer says the company is firming plans to build studios at the tower site on Memorial Drive.ODDS AND ENDS: Port Arthuran Elton White has released his “Disco 5000” single. Available at localrecord stores, the rap single focuses White’s appeal as the focal point of the Disco 5000 show even though the artists are listed as the United Voice Players. White’s now planning to take his show on tour in support of the new single...Club Blasa, 435 W. Seventh St., will feature a guest appearance by Dynamic Dr. Damien Black on May 4-5. This hot DJ will allow ladies to enterfree, and will award door prize* to men on both night*. Doors open at 7p.m....Robert R luachenberg, a world-famous Port Arthuran, will be the focus of an exhibit at the Perspectives Gallery of the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston. “Rauschenberg/ Performance,” by Nina Sundell, is a photo exhibit documenting Rauschenberg’s collaboration with the Merce Cunningham and Trisha Brown dance companies, as well as his work as achoreographer/performer of his ownexperimental theatre pieces. Selected costumes and props from .these works, along with explanatory labels, will supplement the photos.Rauschenberg is probably the only major visual artist who regularly.LLUOES HOTEL AND AIRFAREPtf person dbi occ PMHAZSpaces limitedwork* with theatre group*, choreographing and performing with various troupes. The mu»eum release says: “From 1954-1965, the periodwhen his work was revolutionizing contemporary art, Rauschenberg also designed sets and costumes for the Merce Cunningham Dance company, acting as a lighting director and stage manager from 1961-1965. The nine performance pieces he created between 1963 and 1967 constitute a significant contribution to the history of “artist’s theater” as well.” ...Denny Angelie keeps up with entertain ment news Wednesdays and Sundays in the Port Arthur News. Questions or com ments may be addressed to Denny An gelle. Port Arthur News, P O Box 789, Port Arthur* Texas 77*41 0789 Denny An gelle Is entertainment editor of the PortArthur News
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Port Arthur News
Port Arthur, Texas, US
Sun, Apr 29, 1984
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