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Wilmot Plaza (Sid's TV and Appliances)

 

Hello All,

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Thanks for the Sid¡¯s topic.? Some people couldn¡¯t find the ads, so I grabbed a few and added them to a new album called ¡°Sid¡¯s¡±.? That¡¯s the best way to share stuff around here, because other websites come and go, and links can change.? The easy way to see new photos is by clicking on the ¡°recent photos¡±, but the best way to peruse all photos is by clicking ¡°photos¡±, then ¡°albums¡±, then click ¡°actions¡± and select ¡°alphabetical¡±.? This is way they appeared in the old days before Yahoo changed the format to look more like Facebook.? Nowadays the only way to stop the slideshow and zoom in on a photo seems to be to download the photo and view it on your computer. ?Right? ?It is absolutely worth the extra effort if the image has a lot of detail. Like that amazing photo of Johnies from 1971. ?I hope MrsVKirby will tell us more about that one, pleeeeeeease. ?

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Anyway, back to Sid¡¯s¡­

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https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/vanishingtucson/photos/albums/1567863083

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Does anyone remember the ¡°Feud-A-Thon¡± with Glenn Adams on KAIR 1490 versus Danny Day on KCUB 1290?? Were those stations playing rock and roll in 1959?

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Great sketch of a ¡°modern housewife¡± watching the circus.

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I especially love the ¡°South Sea Islands atmosphere¡± advertisement.? Seems like Tiki found it¡¯s way into everything back in ¡¯57.

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I also clipped a few of the many charicatures of Sid. I¡¯m curious what he actually looked like.

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Cheers,

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Carlos

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Unfortunately, the "Feud-a-thon" happened before I started paying attention to things around town.? The question about the radio formats, though, I can answer here.?

1490 KAIR was the original frequency for KTKT. KTKT moved down the dial to 990, and KAIR took over that 1490 slot and (cheap way to do it, but..) played the same Top-40 music that had been on KTKT prior to the moves.?
Around that time, 1290 KCUB played what was known as "middle of the road" music. Pre-recorded tunes..not like the live performances you used to hear on 1290 KVOA.? It wasn't harder rock (hadn't been invented yet), not quite big-band/1940s or early r-n-r tunes from the 50s...something to annoy everyone, if you listened long enough.? Think Pat Boone, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee and Nat 'King' Cole...you've have an idea of the format.

John Holden
@John_N7IQV
 

Thanks, Carlos.
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I remember the Feud-a-Thon. Inspired by a DJ in New York who stayed awake for more than a week.
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Sid's was where Fronimo's is now. 3242 E. Speedway. So it was in the part of Speedway shown on the web page. Does anyone know exactly where? Blakely's was at 3205 or 3207, according to another web page. So Sid's must have been where the fish store is in the pic, right?
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I'd forgotten all those signs on Speedway. That's why a magazine called it an ugly street. 3 gas stations in a block. Blakely. Standard. Texaco. but there were palm trees in the median. how many cities have that?
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Dave

 

The caricatures of Sid were done by Chuck Waggin, a Tucson cartoonist for many years. He did a lot of art work for early TV advertising in the 50's and 60's.
 

Hello Blue Whale,

That's so great that you knew that. ?Is Chuck Waggin still with us? In Tucson? ?I might be able to do something for Modernism around his work.

Thanks,

Carlos

p.s. please contact me privately if you prefer
 

Carlos,


Charles Amesbury, aka Chuck Waggin, left us in 1993. He also drew the Sonora Desert Museum's official spokescat, George L. Mountainlion. He served as KVOA Channel 4's art director for many years and hosted a children's program, Cartoon Corral.

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