MOTO GROOVE!

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10534757_10203261357427423_1286806006739990500_nCris-Conner-WNAPI first met Cris Conner in the spring of 1973 back when I was hired by Jim Hilliard to be the National PD of Fairbanks and Cris was WNAP’s PD.
We had two great radio stations back in those days and before we were done they ended up being #1 and #2 in Indianapolis.
WIBC was called “Big Mama” in the company mainly because it supplied the money which bought all our other radio stations. It was located up front in the two story brick on North Illinois and way out back was WNAP which the WIBC staff referred to as the company toy and was affectionally known in the street as “The Buzzard”. WIBC had the slick buttoned down type of Jocks who all carried attache cases, WNAP of course had all the strangely dressed long hairs and we didn’t dare ask them what they were carrying.
Seeing the WIBC/WNAP staff chatting with each other in the halls occasionally was a strange sight indeed. I had just moved to Indy from Toronto so everything seemed a little weird to me but Cris and I hit it off right from the git go and to this day he is still a good friend of mine and still a great talent.
Back in those days just before Thanksgiving Fairbanks had it’s annual company confab usually held in Indianapolis. This event was attended by all the Fairbanks GM’s SM’s and PD’s along with the Corporate Staff and the dress code was suit and tie. A lot of us took that opportunity to load up on our winter wardrobes which we would unveil during the meetings but of course we all paled in comparison to Hilliard. I’ll always remember Ron Chapman attending his first one claiming that he was pretty sure that he had it all figured out as he pointed at Cris (pictured with Ann Craig Bruce Munson And Tom Cochran) who was wearing jeans, a top hat, and a mechanic’s smock. I even understand that he refers to himself Ron went on to say, as Moto Groove and dressed as he is amongst all this finery he’s got to have great ratings, so what I’m thinking now is if you have the ratings you can wear whatever the hell you want. You nailed it Ron, and now as you have before him on Saturday November 8 Cris Conner heads into the Radio Hall Of Fame in Indianapolis and I will be there along with the Duffy Twins to proudly see him do it.

 
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