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HomeMy WebLinkAboutScott DeLucia on Joe Monroe Transcript, WTAW First 100 YearsProject HOLD WTAW Interview Scott DeLucia | Past WTAW Radio Host Tom Turbiville | WTAW Radio Host Daniel Hayes | Transcriber Transcript 00:00:01 Dick Bolin (DB) College Station, Texas, April 24th, 1947. 00:00:04 Speaker 2 Now let's go to the bonfire site where WTAW's Tom... 00:00:07 Speaker 3 -Gonna be WTAW election night coverage. All eight voting centers in Brazos County have been counted- [Unintelligible sports broadcaster and crowd of screaming fans] 00:00:14 Speaker 4 Today on WTAW, we're joining with businesses from across the Brazos Valley to support our- 00:00:21 Speaker 5 1620 WTAW. 00:00:22 Tom Turbiville (TT) This is WTAW, The First 100 Years. I'm Tom Turbeville. The WTAW morning show, Early Days, featured the voice of Joe Monroe. And believe me, this WTAW history series will tell many a Joe Monroe story. But this one may be the best, as told by our friend and his former co-host, Scott DeLucia. 00:00:47 Scott DeLucia (SD) He owned a radio station in Monroe, Louisiana, and that's how he got his air name as Joe Monroe. So, I only knew him as Joe Monroe. Joe had been in a big band, traveled the country as a uh, trombone player in a big band, and so he had lots of life experiences. But he also ran a radio station in Monroe, Louisiana called K-Joe. He got it named after him, K-J-O-E. He had a disc jockey named George Carlin. He told me that one day. I said, no, you didn't. You're an old man and you're telling me stories. He said, It's true. And it wasn't until a couple of years later when the phone rang and I picked it up and he said, this is George Carlin. Is Joe there? I said, you're kidding? He said, No, it's me. Is Joe there? I handed the phone to Joe, and they talked for a few minutes. When Joe passed away, George Carlin came here for his funeral, sat with his family, stayed here and did a concert that benefited, at that time, the School of Journalism at A&M. He funded a Joe Monroe scholarship because Joe Monroe had given him his start. It's when he was in the Air Force, if you remember the characters that he developed. He developed those characters when he was working for Joe Monroe. 00:01:51 TT Like I said, you will hear plenty of Joe Monroe stories on WTAW, The First 100 Years.