07/04/2008 @ 3:00am PST Friday, July 4th/Weekend "NEWS"! Happy Birthday America! A special video salute to our men and women who serve! Join me at Warner Park for a FREE FIREWORKS SHOW! "BUZZ" Bozo the Clown, dead at 83, & Christie Brinkley sad for "the other woman"!
INDEPENDENCE DAY! DON'T FORGET OUR MEN & WOMEN WHO SERVE TO KEEP IT!
FLAG FACTS:
Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag. It is not clear who actually designed it, but the experts at the Betsy Ross House suggest it was Francis Hopkinson, a New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
The flag has 13 stripes representing the original 13 colonies (7 red and 6 white). In the upper left corner is a navy blue field with 50 white stars that represents the states.
There is no official designation or meaning for the colors of the flag.
There is no record stating why red, white, and blue where chosen for the flag. However, when the Great Seal of the United States was chosen this is what was listed for them: "white for purity and innocence, red for valor and hardiness, blue for vigilance, perseverance, and justice."
Folktales says that George Washington interpreted the flag in this way: the stars were taken from the sky, the red from the British colors, and the white stripes signified the secession from the home country.
If the flag is flown upside down it signals distress. It means "I need help, I'm in trouble".
Worn out flags are destroyed, usually by burning.
When flown at half-staff, the flag is raised to the top of the flagpole then lowered to half-staff. When taken down, the flag is again raised to the top and then brought down.
A flag is flown from dawn to dusk. However, it may be flown for 24 hours if illuminated during the hours of darkness.
The flag should never touch the ground, the floor, or water.
HERE'S A SPECIAL 4TH OF JULY SALUTE TO AMERICA FROM THE MUPPETS!
FRANK CALIENDO AS ANDY ROONEY, DISCOVERS THE iPHONE ON 60 MINUTES!
GONNA BE A BUSY WEEK AHEAD FOR ME ON THE AIR, STARTING ON JULY 4TH! HERE'S WHERE AND WHEN YOU CAN HEAR ME OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS ON K-EARTH 101!
FRIDAY, JULY 4TH - 5 A.M. TO 10 A.M.
SATURDAY, JULY 5TH - 9 A.M TO 2 P.M.
SUNDAY, JULY 6TH - 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M.
MONDAY, JULY 7TH - 5 A.M. TO 10 A.M.
TUESDAY, JULY 8TH - 3 P.M. TO 7 P.M.
THURSDAY, JULY 10TH - 7 P.M TO MIDNIGHT
LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU THEN. YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL ME TOO, AT 1-800-232-KRTH (5784) WHILE I'M ON THE AIR, OR EMAIL ME HERE TO MY WEBSITE. JUST CLICK HERE http://charlietuna.com/contact/index.html
AND A REMINDER, JUST OVER A WEEK LEFT FOR YOU TO VOTE FOR MY NOMINATION TO THE NATIONAL RADIO HALL OF FAME! I SO APPRECIATE AND THANK ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO DO IT. IF YOU'D LIKE TO VOTE FOR ME, AND HAVEN'T DONE IT YET, JUST CLICK ON THE HEADPHONE "LINK" AT THE TOP OF MY HOME PAGE http://charlietuna.com/ WITH THE RADIO HALL OF FAME LOGO! VOTING ENDS JULY 15TH!
FREE FIREWORKS SHOW AND ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT AT WARNER PARK!
HOPE YOU CAN JOIN ME AT WARNER RANCH PARK IN WOODLAND HILLS, STARTING AT 6 P.M., FOR THE BIGGEST FREE SHOW AND FIREWORKS DISPLAY ANYWHERE IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY!
L.A. CITY COUNCILMAN DENNIS ZINE, WHO PUTS ON THIS EVENT EVERY YEAR WITH THE VALLEY CULTURAL CENTER, HAS SEVERAL SURPRISE GUESTS SHOW UP, INCLUDING MAYOR ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA!
HERE, DENNIS AND I ARE WITH L.A. COUNTY SUPERVISOR ZEV YAROSLAVSKY AND CONGRESSMAN BRAD SHERMAN!
HERE'S ONE OF THE VIDEOS SOMEONE SHOT FROM THE BACK OF THE PARK OF THE FIREWORKS TWO YEARS AGO!
YOU COULDN'T HEAR THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA THAT ACCOMPANIES THE FIREWORKS ON THAT VIDEO ABOVE, BECAUSE THEY REPLACED THE PATRIOTIC MUSIC THAT IS PLAYED ON STAGE "LIVE" AND BROADCAST THROUGHOUT THE PARK, AND IT WILL BE THERE AGAIN THIS YEAR. HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE PERFORMERS DURING THE REST OF THE SUMMER AT THE VALLEY CULTURAL CENTER IN WARNER RANCH PARK!
HERE'S A MAP OF WHERE I'LL BE TONIGHT, AT WARNER RANCH PARK IN WOODLAND HILLS, JUST NORTH OF THE 101 FREEWAY OFF OF TOPANGA CANYON BLVD. FREE TO THE PUBLIC AND THE SHOW STARTS AT 6 P.M. WITH FREE FIREWORKS AT 9 P.M.!
ONE OF MY WEEKEND LISTENERS ON K-EARTH SUGGESTED THIS WEBSITE FOR GAS!
07/03/2008 @ 9:10am PST Thursday, July 3rd! Hands-free cell phones not only improve driving, but it may be good for our health! Have you seen the video where they pop corn with just their cell phones? "BUZZ" Madonna and A-Rod rumors new twist & Christie Brinkley divorce trial continues!
MAYBE THIS HANDS FREE CELL PHONE BUSINESS IS A GOOD THING NOT ONLY FOR DRIVING, BUT OUR HEALTH IN GENERAL. THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN RUMORS ABOUT THE RADIATION CELL PHONES PUT OUT, AND THIS VERY POPULAR YOUTUBE VIDEO OF POPPING CORN WITH CELL PHONES MAKES YOU STOP AND THINK, TO JUST WHAT UNSEEN FORCES ARE YOU EXPOSING YOUR BRAIN?
BY THE WAY, THIS IS A JOKE! IT WAS A VIRAL VIDEO ATTEMPT BY A BLUETOOTH MANUFACTURER TO SCARE PEOPLE TO USE THEIR PRODUCT, INSTEAD OF TALKING ON THE CELL PHONE. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RADIATION OF NOT ONLY CELL PHONES, BUT EVEN THE BLUETOOTH DEVICES NEXT TO YOUR BRAIN FOR PROLONGED PERIODS. NO ONE REALLY KNOWS THE ANSWERS.....YET!
ONE OF MY FORMER PROGRAM DIRECTORS, DAVE ANTHONY, SENT ME THIS NEWSPAPER CLIPPING OF EVERY RADIO PERSONALITY'S NIGHTMARE!
07/02/2008 @ 11:00am PST Wednesday, July 2nd! One of the biggest budget increases besides gasoline lately has been food. I'll tell you how to save money! Join me too for FREE 4th of July Fireworks! "BUZZ" Madonna & Guy Richie "no plans for divorce", and Angelina - no birth for awhile! "PHOTO GALLERY" Anne-Marie Johnson's 1984 studio visit to promote her 1st TV show.
FOOD PRICES ARE GOING UP YET AGAIN WITH CORN, BEEF, PORK, POULTRY AND DAIRY SET TO RISE AS THE PRICE OF CORN-BASED FEED ESCALATES, BUT HERE'S A WAY TO SAVE FROM THE WEBSITE http://shortcuts.com/
1) Loyalty Cards: If you don’t have one, get one. It’s the single easiest way to save money on grocery items on sale each week. Never leave the store without swiping your card at check-out.
2) Electronic Coupons: Online coupon sites like www.Shortcuts.com allow shoppers to load coupons onto their store loyalty cards for savings without printing or clipping. Just click the coupons you want and they’re automatically redeemed when you use your loyalty card.
3) Buy One Get One Free: These buy-one-get-one sales are great on their own, but you can also use one coupon for each item. So if you get two items, make sure to use two coupons.
4) Printable Coupons: Many coupon sites today allow you to select the coupons you want to print and cut out to use at your grocery store just as you would coupons from the Sunday paper.
5) Favorite Brands: Frequent the web sites of your favorite brands. You can often find money-saving printable coupons right on the site or you can sign up for special offers by mail or email.
6) Coupons for Sale: If you spot a great sale and want to double up on your savings, go online to a site like http://thecouponclippers.com/ which lets you order coupons for a few cents each. You don’t pay for the coupons themselves, but for the time spent to cut and send them to you.
7) Stack Coupons: Some retailers offer coupons that can only be used at their stores. You can use these coupons along with manufacturers coupons on the same product for extra savings. By doubling up you can sometimes get products for free or nearly free.
8) Double & Triple Coupon Deals: Some grocery stores double or triple coupons and often only on certain days of the week. Check your local store and shop the days when they’re multiplied.
9) Rebates & Free-bates: Look for rebates and free-bates which refund you the full purchase price. You can actually make money in some cases when you use a coupon and then get a full price free-bate. The ads for these deals can lure you in so don’t forget to send in the forms.
10) Expired Coupons: If you have expired coupons and can no longer cash in on the savings, don’t forget about military overseas. Military families stationed abroad who shop for groceries at the commissary on their base can use coupons up to six months past the expiration date.
WILL SMITH GETS A JUMP ON THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH "HANCOCK" TODAY!
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID SEEMS TO FINALLY BE CATCHING ON!
07/01/2008 @ 7:45am PST Tuesday, July 1st! Today, the secret life of Charlie Tuna that you may not have heard about, just watch the video. More media layoffs locally yesterday (TV), and Worst Jobs! "BUZZ" No Screen Actors Guild strike.....yet, and Will Smith's "Hancock" premieres!
IT'S TIME I DISCLOSE TO YOU WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING SECRETLY! TAKE A LOOK!
FOR MORE INFO, AND TO HAVE SOME FUN WITH YOUR FRIENDS, GO TO THIS LINK!
THE MEDIA LAYOFFS CONTINUE IN OUR BUSINESS, WITH A LOT MORE AHEAD IN RADIO AND TELEVISION, AS OUR BUSINESS ANSWERS TO WALL STREET THAT DEMANDS COST-CUTTING TO THE BONE TO SHOW INCREASING REVENUE EVERY QUARTER. THAT ALSO INCLUDES MEDIA THAT IS BEING OR HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY PRIVATE FIRMS WHO FACE THE SAME PRESSURES FOR PROFITS.
THE LATEST LOCALLY IS KTLA, CHANNEL 5, WHO RELEASED AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN NEWS DIVISION STAFFERS, AND ON AIR TALENT WALTER RICHARDS, WILLA SANDMEYER AND JANET CHOI (PICTURED BELOW).
HATE YOUR JOB? CAN'T WAIT FOR THE LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND AHEAD?
Every year Popular Science assesses the world of scientific employment and dredges up a list of the strangest jobs on the face of the Earth. Here are the 10 worst jobs in science:
a. Hazmat diver -- "They swim in sewage. Enough said," quips Popular Science of hazmat divers. And we mean sewage. One diver really had it bad. When a truck driver crashed, his truck tumbled into a lagoon at a factory pig farm. He drowned. So a hazmat diver had to go in and pull the body out of a waste lagoon filled with urine, liquid pig feces and needles.
b. Oceanographer -- With overfishing threatening to end wild seafood harvests by 2049 and Earth's coral reefs forecasted to be nothing but rubble within decades, this is one gloomy job.
c. Elephant vasectomist -- The elephant is the largest animal on land, so sterilizing this giant creature is a giant job. An elephant's testicle is one foot across and sits behind two inches of skin, four inches of fat and 10 inches of muscle.
d. Garbologist -- This is an archaeologist who picks through ancient garbage. Think 'Indiana Jones'--in a Dumpster."
e. Coursework carcass preparer -- They kill, pickle and bottle the critters that school kids dissect in science class. That means they get to smell formaldehyde all day long. Mmmm.
f. Microsoft security grunt -- This job is just like wearing a big sign that reads "Hack Me." The people manning secure@microsoft.com receive approximately 100,000 e-mails annually, and each one could be a message that something at Microsoft has gone horribly wrong.
g. Gravity research subject -- It may look like fun to do somersaults in zero gravity, but astronauts also must endure a puffy face, atrophied muscles and bone degeneration. Gravity research volunteers approximate the effects of weightlessness by lying still for weeks on end.
h. Olympic drug tester -- This job kicks into high gear every two years in an attempt to combat the inevitable doping among Olympic athletes trying to cheat their way to a medal. Testers get to watch the athletes pee in a cup, and if they catch a doper, an entire country is mad at them.
i. Forensic entomologist -- The job title may sound glamorous, but it's not. They solve murders by studying maggots in corpses. They estimate the time between death and the body's discovery by charting the life stages of the blowfly.
j. Whale-feces researcher -- They scoop up whale dung, then dig through it for clues about the whale. They use it to test for pregnancy, measure hormones and biotoxins and even examine genetics.
06/30/2008 @ 10:45am PST Monday, June 30th! So what has our U.S. Congress been up to lately in Washington D.C.? Take a look at this very popular YouTube video! Plus a look back at gas prices in 2000! "BUZZ" Wall-E is the new #1 movie for the weekend, and actors won't strike right away! "PHOTO GALLERY" Jackie Collins, Queen of the romance novel, in studio appearance!
CONGRESS WORKING IN WASHINGTON D.C., SO WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?
LISTENER ROBERT LOMBARD SENT THIS LOOK BACK 8 YEARS AGO, WHEN A PLANE SKIDDED OFF THE BURBANK AIRPORT RUNWAY AND WOUND UP NEXT TO A GAS STATION ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE AIRPORT. LOOK AT THE GAS PRICES!
IF YOU WANT TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK THE PAST 50 YEARS, HERE'S A LOOK!
HERE'S WHERE YOU CAN GO TO FIND THE BEST PRICE THESE DAYS!
