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I worshiped KNEW to the extent that I never turned off my radio during the four years I was at Rogers. I slept to the sound of KNEW. It may have warped me while I slept.
I cannot recall all of the Bobs, except Bob Carmichael, Bob Salter and Bob Adkins. Bob Adkins' shift was usually early evening. Bob Salter drove a VW and lived in Couer d'Alene. His shift started at or near midnight. He referred to Bob Adkins as “Addie Bobkins.” Adkins referred to Bob Salter as “Salter.”
As the time for shift-change approached, Bob Adkins would say, “Even now, Salter is wending his way here from Couer d' Alene in his little Volkswagen.” The line was always the same. A five-minute newscast separated the shifts. Adkins would give the news, and then his shift ended. He would stay on-air to banter with Salter for a few minutes.
Together, they would bad-mouth the late-afternoon man, Bob Carmichael. They nicknamed him “Carbuncle,” claiming that a carbuncle was a pain-in-one's neck. I looked this up. It was defined as a painful bacterial abscess or boil that could be on the neck. A pain in the neck. So KNEW was educational, in addition to being entertaining!
Bob Carmichael dished out his own form of abuse on Frank Herrin, the morning man. His stage name was “Frantic Frank Herrin,” or “Frantic Frank,” or just “Frantic.” His on-air persona would stutter trying to say a sentence too fast. This dithered speech pattern gave rise the the “Frantic” moniker. I'm sure it was all an act, but billboards around Spokane used to advertise KNEW by stating, “Did you Frantic this morning?” The word “Frantic” was written in wavy type.