Dick and Loy’s Media & Marketing Mayhem

Golf Pro and Raconteur Gene Barlow

Dick and Loy talk to Gene Barlow, golf teaching pro, tournament host, gentleman, and raconteur!  Gene invented many of the scramble traditions we are familiar with today, and he is responsible for the PGA's return to KC. He shares some unbelievable tales about his friend Tom Watson and others and gives some great pointers on running your own golf tournament.

Joe Wilcox KC's Best Known Restaurant Manager

Joe Wilcox may be the best-know restaurant manager ever in Kansas City.  Plaza 3, the Bristol, he has been at the center of the food and drink scene since way back in the old downtown Rusty Scupper days.  

Dick Wilson and Loy Edge talk with Joe about his more recent projects in the Kansas City and Wichita food and beverage markets and reminisce about colorful people and places from the past. Set 'em up, Joe!

Cartoonist Charlie Podrebarac & Football-preneur Ted McKnight Show

Dick Wilson & Loy Edge welcome KC "Cowtown" cartoonist Charlie Podrebarac.  His cartoons have appeared in newspapers around the world as well as magazines such as Playboy, Business LawToday, and The Independent.  And we chat with KC Chiefs great Ted McKnight about an interesting project with fans in England and a few memories from his gridiron days.  Is that the "Man In Black" in the employee lounge? Get it wherever you... 

KY102 Day One July 1 1974 air staff

Dick Wilson and Loy Edge lunch with Dick and his fellow KY102 first day air staffers.  It was July 1, 1974 when this team hit the air to launch the legendary KY102 Kansas City.  Listen to the memories and tall tales told as we think we remembered them plus more stories of concerts, celebrities, and mayhem in the first few months of the birth of this KC iconic radio rocker.  Dick Wilson mornings, KC Stangel middays, Max Floyd afternoons, Katfish Kris Kelly nights and Cliff Beahm overnights!

Voice over artist to the World Jim Birdsall

You've heard this guy all over NFL Films, CNBC TV, Hallmark Hall of Fame and many more.  He's from Kansas City but heard worldwide as a one of the top voiceover artists in the industry.  It's Jim Birdsall and Dick Wilson and Loy Edge sit down for a chat about the business, his family and living life in a booth!  PLUS Leon has a song in the lounge about Kansas City trying to become a big deal, our salesguy Buzz Martini has finally hit podcast income paydirt & Tony Labrusso, second base coach for the Royals, wants to use Dick & Loy in a baseball event that might end it all.  Enjoy wherever you get your pods...

Showman producer Mark Edelman of Theater League

Dick Wilson & Loy Edge are back with KC Theater League leader Mark Edelman who is retiring from that position after 40 years.  Hear stories of theater production and celebrity actor mayhem plus some Mark Edelman audio we guarantee you've never heard before!  Plus a trip to the Dick & Loy employee lounge reveals a celebrity duo from the past with a new song about a newsmaker named Omarosa.  Get it where you grab your podcasts and thanks for listening.

Music Master Chuck Haddix & The Marr Sound Archives

Dick Wilson & Loy Edge are back with Chuck Haddix or Chuck Haddock, the same guy with two interesting careers.   He's the host of The Fish Fry on KCUR Friday and Saturday nights plus he's the curator of the 350,000 items in the Marr Sound Archives at UMKC.  On this show you'll hear sounds from radio shows from the 1930s, WHB jingles, sounds from an Edison recording device, the KC guy who signed the Beatles to Capitol Records, the story behind Milton's bar and the background on The Fish Fry show.  Plus Buzz Martini, our sales guy, chimes in with a new plan, the Jazz Guy performs in the employee lounge and Tony Labruso, second base coach for the KC Royals has some last minute promotional ideas.  Thanks for downloading, streaming, or ignoring the whole thing!

Mr. Zoo Randy Wisthoff, Mr. Personality Rich Linden and Agent Extraordinaire Shawn Mullane

Dick Wilson & Loy Edge welcome three KC personalities to this show.  Randy Wisthoff, Director of the Kansas City Zoo, Rich Linden, arena announcer & event planner with The Linden Group and Shawn Mullane, talent agent & co-owner of Exposure Model & Talent Agency.  Plus Buzz Martini our podcast sales guy has an idea on how Dick and Loy can make money with the new BIRD scooters downtown and a special call from Beverly Hills.  Thanks for listening!

Hollywood Celeb and Greatest Actor in the World Nick Searcy

Dick Wilson & Loy Edge chat with Peabody award winning international film and TV star Nick Searcy about why he's at the pinnacle of the Hollywood talent pool (Justified, Castaway, Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside...)  Former KC Chief Art Still sits in as Dick & Loy's guest host in this round table mayhem exchange steeped in cigar smoke at The Outlaw Cigar Club South along with owner Kendall Culbertson who has some exciting plans for the future.  Plus Frank's in the employee lounge with a song about something all Kansas Citians hate!  Download everywhere or stream on Spotify and your smart speaker.

Former U.S. Attorney and Hot Model Barry Grissom

Dick Wilson and Loy Edge invite former U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas Barry Grissom to the cigar club for a chat about how he's working to change the laws regarding marijuana across the country.  Colorado and others have done it.  Will Missouri or Kansas be next?  He has an opinion on that.  We also explore some of the behind the scenes stories of being a U.S Attorney.  Plus there's a new singing star in the employee lounge with a song about something that makes us all upset!  Download and enjoy!  Next week, straight from Hollywood, Peabody award winning, international film and TV star Nick Searcy joins us along with celebrity co-host former KC Chief Art Still.

Jim Aylward-KC Ad Guy Above All

Dick Wilson and Loy Edge from Kansas City return with one of KC's best advertising creative directors, Jim Aylward.  Hear Jim's stories of marketing the world's most expensive beer and a KC sports team with a campaign so successful, they didn't like it!  PLUS we hear from the old ad guy frozen in the meat locker for 40 years and now can't find his old haunts.  Frank sings about Amazon Prime in the employee lounge and our salesguy Buzz Martini attempts to make Dick and Loy "more hip".  Oh yeah, you'll also hear the new gameshow "Germany Or Florida".  Grab some expensive beer and have a listen!  Thanks for following us on iTunes & Google Play.  Also on Stitcher and enable TuneIn on your Alexa and hear us there too.

Roberta Solomon...Queen of the Voice-over

Dick Wilson and Loy Edge present a delightful chat with Kansas City and national voice over artist Roberta Solomon.  Yes, we talk about her role as Crematia Mortem years ago on KSHB's creature feature.  You hear her as the voice of KCPT TV and TV stations around the nation.  If you are an aspiring voice over artist you'll learn something from this master.  We also touch on how her spirituality plays into her performance.  And as ususal, Buzz Martini our salesguy has another hair-brained promotional idea, Frank returns to the employee lounge singing about Fake News and we finish up with a Roberta performance in a possible embarassing role she's totally forgotten about. Grab a couple glasses of wine and head out to the back deck to listen.  Coming next week Kansas City Advertising star Jim Aylward!

Jack Cashill-Another Renaissance Man

Dick Wilson and Loy Edge return with another Media & Marketing star.  This time we invite Jack Cashill to join us in the Diebel's Cigar Club.  He's a nationally known Kansas City writer, author of many books, a advertising & marketing guy, blogger, documentary producer, Executive Editor at Ingrams's Magazine, contributor to the WorldNetDaily Web site and the King of CSAN.  Plus Dick and Loy's daredevil stunt man Rock Rupture takes to the sky, Frank is back in the employee lounge singing about Amazon Tramps and Tony Labruso second base coach for the Kansas City Royals reports in.  Download, share and enjoy!

 

 

Pat O'Neill-Ad Guru & Irish Maven

Dick and Loy return with Kansas City Marketing star Pat O'Neill of O'Neill Marketing and Events.  Discover the mayhem behind the creation of the KC St. Patrick's Day Parade birthed by Mike Murphy and Pat O'Neill Senior. Plus stories of the crazy promotional events like an elephant painted pink from the KC Zoo.  Don't miss Dick and Loy's sales guy Buzz Martini and his fix for the dropping of the swimsuit competition at the Miss America Pageant and another celebrity singer shows up in the employee lounge.  We apologize for the phone call at the end of the show with our Beverly Hills friend Reginald Troutbreath the Third.  Download and enjoy! 

Katey McGuckin...The Rock Lady Your Love

Dick Wilson, longtime Kansas City media personality, and Loy Edge, long time Kansas City Marketing and business developer, come together to search out the stories behind media and marketing stars.  In this first episode we chat with Kansas City radio legend Katey McGuckin from KY102.  Plus Dick & Loy stumble onto something frozen in the meat locker of the old Italian Gardens Restaurant and a famous singer appears in the employee break lounge.  Thanks for following the show.