KKUA - Uncle Mikey, Kong et al. and Other Hawail memories
Casey Crisler
I lived on Oahu in the 70's and I remember my favorite radio station
being KKUA. I used to listen to Uncle Mikey (and his little phone
song), Lane Robinson, RJ, and of course Komosami (sp?) Kong.
Thankfully I have several cassette tapes with bits of these DJ's
spiels on them, including Kongs theme song.. Anyone know what
happened to any of these guys?
Also was anyone into pro wrestling in the late 70's in Hawaii? I used
to watch Wrestling Hawaii religiously every Friday night. Even taping
the shows (audio cassettes, not videos). Some of the charcaters,
Pampiro Firpo (the Missing Link), Bill and Russ Francis, Lord Blears,
Steve Strong, Jesse (The Great) Ventura, Tor Kamaka, Chief Billy White
Wolf, John Tolos, Sammy Steamboat Mokauahi (sp?) and others.
Oh to be young and innocent.
Casey Crisler
Oahu 1972-1978
Nimitz Elemetary
http://arizona.speedchoice.com/~casey
spam_musubi_eater
Casey Crisler reminisced:
>
>
> I lived on Oahu in the 70's and I remember my favorite radio station
> being KKUA. I used to listen to Uncle Mikey (and his little phone
> song), Lane Robinson, RJ, and of course Komosami (sp?) Kong.
>
> Pampiro Firpo (the Missing Link), Bill and Russ Francis, Lord Blears,
> Steve Strong, Jesse (The Great) Ventura, Tor Kamaka, Chief Billy White
> Wolf, John Tolos, Sammy Steamboat Mokauahi (sp?) and others.
"Uncle Mickey" is now Michael W. Perry who partners with Dr. Larry Price
on K59. Making some bigger and better bucks now.
It is with great sadness that we lost Sam "Steamboat" Mokuahi a couple
of weeks ago. He left this world at a venerable age of 81 if I remember
correctly.
Rick Ermshar
Casey wrote:
>> I used to listen to Uncle Mikey (and his little phone
song), Lane Robinson, RJ, and of course Komosami (sp?) Kong.
spiels on them, including Kongs theme song.. Anyone know what
happened to any of these guys? <<
Kong is now doing radio in Japan and is *extremely* successful and doing
a terrific job of promoting Hawaiian music there; he still gets back to
Oahu every couple of months.
TikiRoom18
>It is with great sadness that we lost Sam "Steamboat" Mokuahi a couple
>of weeks ago. He left this world at a venerable age of 81 if I remember
>correctly.
hmmmm..Im confused now.. I thought this Mokuahi was the father of the mn that
wrestled back in the 70s...
John Book
clcr...@hotmail.com (Casey Crisler) wrote:
>
>I lived on Oahu in the 70's and I remember my favorite radio station
>being KKUA. I used to listen to Uncle Mikey (and his little phone
>song), Lane Robinson, RJ, and of course Komosami (sp?) Kong.
>Thankfully I have several cassette tapes with bits of these DJ's
>spiels on them, including Kongs theme song.. Anyone know what
>happened to any of these guys?
I remember Kamasami Kong very fondly, including some of the T-shirts
with his name on them. I would love to have a dub of some of those shows
with him, I'll send a few blanks as a trade or something. E-mail me
directly, I've got to hear him.
One reason is I got to hear Kong's theme song again. It's been in my
head for the last few months, and all I remember is the big gong at the
beginning and a bold voice saying KAMASAMI KONG! And of course the
classic call of "wooo wooo wooo wooo wooo wooo wooo". Believe it or not,
this song was sampled by a group from England named Cold Cut, in a song
called "Stop This Crazy Thing", released in 1989. When I heard it, five
years after I moved away from Hawaii, I literally jumped out of my seat.
Wasn't he a DJ elsewhere before coming to KKUA?
I'd like to know what happened to Wili Moku. He was my idol for many
years, made me want to become a DJ myself.
>Also was anyone into pro wrestling in the late 70's in Hawaii? I used
>to watch Wrestling Hawaii religiously every Friday night. Even taping
>the shows (audio cassettes, not videos). Some of the charcaters,
>Pampiro Firpo (the Missing Link)
All I got to say is OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH YEAH!!!!!
aloha!
-John Book
Spam_Musubi_Eater
I hope I'm wrong then! I remember seeing the KGMB tape segment and then the
anchor saying something about "also known as the former Wrestler Sammy
Steamboat".
--
\m/ ^_^ \m/ Mahalo, DPP.
Na...@my-dejanews.com
In article <nortle-901...@news.lava.net>,
ZZS...@prodigy.com (Rick Ermshar) wrote:
>
> Casey wrote:
> >> I used to listen to Uncle Mikey (and his little phone
> song), Lane Robinson, RJ, and of course Komosami (sp?) Kong.
> Thankfully I have several cassette tapes with bits of these DJ's
> spiels on them, including Kongs theme song.. Anyone know what
> happened to any of these guys? <<
>
> a terrific job of promoting Hawaiian music there; he still gets back to
> Oahu every couple of months.
actually.....Kamasami Kong is based in Honolulu....does the show from
here...as does another radio station...Kong gets back to Japan once every
month...this is what I understood from the Station Manager/program director
of Kong's show.
Na...@my-dejanews.com
In article <nortle-901...@news.lava.net>,
clcr...@hotmail.com (Casey Crisler) wrote:
>
>
> I lived on Oahu in the 70's and I remember my favorite radio station
> song), Lane Robinson, RJ, and of course Komosami (sp?) Kong.
> Thankfully I have several cassette tapes with bits of these DJ's
> spiels on them, including Kongs theme song.. Anyone know what
> happened to any of these guys?
>
> to watch Wrestling Hawaii religiously every Friday night. Even taping
> the shows (audio cassettes, not videos). Some of the charcaters,
> Steve Strong, Jesse (The Great) Ventura, Tor Kamaka, Chief Billy White
> Wolf, John Tolos, Sammy Steamboat Mokauahi (sp?) and others.
BB Shawn is the one to talk to...anything you'd ever want to know about
wrestling (and then some) he's the man....once you get him started, he'll just
overload you with information....
>
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Casey Crisler
On 27 Jul 1998 08:20:33 GMT, ZZS...@prodigy.com (Rick Ermshar) wrote:
>
>Casey wrote:
>>> I used to listen to Uncle Mikey (and his little phone
>song), Lane Robinson, RJ, and of course Komosami (sp?) Kong.
>Thankfully I have several cassette tapes with bits of these DJ's
>spiels on them, including Kongs theme song.. Anyone know what
>happened to any of these guys? <<
>
>
>Kong is now doing radio in Japan and is *extremely* successful and doing
>a terrific job of promoting Hawaiian music there; he still gets back to
>Oahu every couple of months.
Does he still use the 'Kong' Moniker in Japan?
Rick Ermshar
Nancy Ishimoto (Na...@my-dejanews.com) wrote:
>> Kamasami Kong is based in Honolulu....does the show from
here...as does another radio station...Kong gets back to Japan once
every
month...this is what I understood from the Station Manager/program
director
of Kong's show. <<
Thanks for the update, Nancy. He must've just moved back from Japan
recently, eh? Glad he's home again...
Yoda
In article <nortle-901...@news.lava.net>,
d...@aloha.spammusubi.nety wrote:
Here, you guys decide: http://starbulletin.com/98/06/19/news/story10.html
But, I think this is the father of Sammy "Steamboat" Mokuahi, the former
wrestler, and who I think still coaches for a canoe club on O`ahu.
Yoda
Mel
>
> I lived on Oahu in the 70's and I remember my favorite radio station
> being KKUA. I used to listen to Uncle Mikey (and his little phone
> song), Lane Robinson, RJ, and of course Komosami (sp?) Kong.
> Thankfully I have several cassette tapes with bits of these DJ's
> spiels on them, including Kongs theme song.. Anyone know what
> happened to any of these guys?
Just read through the posts in this topic and I'll add my 2 cents here.
Kamasami Kong has his own website and does radio shows for the Japanese
and Taiwan market I believe (been a while since I visited his site)...
anyway, here is the URL to Kong's website:
As noted by someone else, Michael W. Perry is now with KSSK radio and has
been since 1978. There was a big deal made when he moved from KKUA radio
to then KGMB radio (now KSSK)... He became the afternoon drive guy on KGMB
(then known as K59 AM) for several years until the death of J. Akuhead
Pupule in 1981 when he and Larry Price took over the morning show. The
Perry & Price morning show has been a ratings leader for KSSK now for many
years.
KKUA radio continued as an entity until the mid or late 1980s when the
call letters were dropped and the operation simulcasted with KQMQ FM...
The KKUA call letters were then snagged by Hawaii Public Radio and is now
the call letters of their Maui relay transmitter.
I remember KKUA from almost the time they started in the mid 1960s as a
country station (before that they were something else)... Shortly after
that KKUA 69 became a top 40 station and was in competition with KPOI and
later KORL radio in the late 60s and early 70s.
Other jocks that I remember who were on KKUA include Jim Peters, Ron King,
Steve Nicolet, Lan Roberts (who I heard from a few years ago, he was last
in Texas) and Lou Richards. Of course many people also remember Ron Jacobs
who was at KKUA from 1976 to about 1979 and was best known for bringing
out the 3 KKUA-Habilitat Homegrown albums.. (he later moved to KDEO radio
for a few years).... Jacobs is now doing talk radio at KCCN 1420 AM.
The thing I used to like about KKUA was their year end Top 69 songs
countdown, and after 1974 they also carried Casey Kasem's AMERICAN TOP 40
radio show (after KPOI 1380 changed formats)....
Visit The Hawaii Radio & Television Guide
http://www.lava.net/~macpro/HIRadioTVhomepage.html
Casey Crisler
>> Also was anyone into pro wrestling in the late 70's in Hawaii? I used
>> to watch Wrestling Hawaii religiously every Friday night. Even taping
>> the shows (audio cassettes, not videos). Some of the charcaters,
>> Pampiro Firpo (the Missing Link), Bill and Russ Francis, Lord Blears,
>> Steve Strong, Jesse (The Great) Ventura, Tor Kamaka, Chief Billy White
>> Wolf, John Tolos, Sammy Steamboat Mokauahi (sp?) and others.
>
>
>BB Shawn is the one to talk to...anything you'd ever want to know about
>wrestling (and then some) he's the man....once you get him started, he'll just
>overload you with information....
>>
Does he have an e-mail address? I'd really be interested in talking
to him about it. Especially since I've recently gotten back into
wrestling and it's changed considerably since the 70's.
Casey Crisler
clcr...@hotmail.com
Visit: Not A Good Word About Anything.
http://arizona.speedchoice.com/~casey
Sensei Ray
On 27 Jul 1998 08:20:37 GMT, tikir...@aol.com (TikiRoom18) wrote:
>
>>It is with great sadness that we lost Sam "Steamboat" Mokuahi a couple
>>of weeks ago. He left this world at a venerable age of 81 if I remember
>>correctly.
>
>hmmmm..Im confused now.. I thought this Mokuahi was the father of the mn that
>wrestled back in the 70s...
I don't know if this is correct or not (I 'm getting a wee bit
old...grin) but I think that you're thinking about Ricky "The Dragon"
Steamboat who (I think) is the son of Sam. I'm just guessing here
because it's been a loooong time since I took an interest in
wrestling. I remember in my "younger" days, I was one of those
wrestling fanatics who said: "Wrestling fake? You like die or what?"
..big fat grin
Aloha from Toride, Japan
Sensei Ray
Sensei Ray
Huh???.....since when? And wea he stay...Tokyo....Osaka?????
Na...@my-dejanews.com
UHHHH NO! He's been here quite a while...where have YOU been? ... had
breakfast with his shows Producer (and had a witness with me too) who
actually lives in Japan recently ... he comes here once a month and Kong
LIVES here and goes to Japan once a month....
Rick Ermshar
About Kong, Nancy wrote:
>> He's been here quite a while...where have YOU been? ... had
breakfast with his shows Producer (and had a witness with me too) who
actually lives in Japan recently ... he comes here once a month and Kong
LIVES here and goes to Japan once a month. <<
Kong used to post frequently on CompuServe a couple of years ago, and the
IMPLICATION he always gave was that he lived in Japan; he always wrote
about how he was going to be home in Hawaii for a week or so at such-and-
such a time. Apparently he just wanted to give everyone the *impression*
he lived in Japan, then.
Whatever.
bb...@hgea.org
> >BB Shawn is the one to talk to...anything you'd ever want to know about
> >wrestling (and then some) he's the man....once you get him started, he'll
just
> >overload you with information....
> >>
>
> Does he have an e-mail address? I'd really be interested in talking
> to him about it. Especially since I've recently gotten back into
> wrestling and it's changed considerably since the 70's.
>
> Casey Crisler
> clcr...@hotmail.com
>
Sure Chris, his email address is listed above...be advised though that our
computer doesn't talk and so I will need to wait til he's home to read it to
him and then type his answers for him....so it may take a while to reply...if
time isn't of any importance, I know he'd be thrilled to have someone to talk
to about this subject matter... if you're local (live here in Hawai`i), he'll
probably give you his phone number...via private email....
> Visit: Not A Good Word About Anything.
> http://arizona.speedchoice.com/~casey
>
>
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In article <nortle-901...@news.lava.net>,
bb...@hgea.org wrote:
>
>
> > >BB Shawn is the one to talk to...anything you'd ever want to know about
> > >wrestling (and then some) he's the man....once you get him started, he'll
> just
> > >overload you with information....
> > >>
> >
> > Does he have an e-mail address? I'd really be interested in talking
> > to him about it. Especially since I've recently gotten back into
> > wrestling and it's changed considerably since the 70's.
> >
> > Casey Crisler
> > clcr...@hotmail.com
> >
>
> Sure Chris, his email address is listed above...be advised though that our
> computer doesn't talk and so I will need to wait til he's home to read it to
> him and then type his answers for him....so it may take a while to reply...if
> time isn't of any importance, I know he'd be thrilled to have someone to talk
> to about this subject matter... if you're local (live here in Hawai`i), he'll
> probably give you his phone number...via private email....
>
SHOOTS...SORRY CASEY...It's CASEY, NOT CHRIS..... been a really long day and
didn't sleep at all last night....I just sort of decided to create a whole new
name for ya.....SORRY!
MAKAHALA
To help clear up a few things about Sam Steamboat-Grampa passed away in June
but my Dad, Sam -the wrestler, is alive and well. Both father and son worked
Waikiki Beach as beachboys-Grampa is the one spoken of as the beachboy in
Grady
Timmon's book "Waikiki Beachboy". My Dad's picture is in there also next
Grampa's.
My Father's wrestling took him all over the world and I look back on that time
with fondness as I got to accompany him on many trips. Dad still keeps himself
involved with high school paddling. His current project is getting outrigger
canoe paddling recognized as a letter sport and assisting the high schools
with
their efforts.
Samantha Mokuahi Moikeha
along==========| |=============spreckles ditch - wailuku, maui
Yoda
In article <nortle-902...@news.lava.net>,
maka...@aol.com (MAKAHALA) wrote:
Mahalo nui for clearing that up Samantha. Besides his wrestling, I remember
your Dad from 20 years ago when I paddled canoe for the now defunct Moana Kai
canoe club. I can't remember the name of your Dad's canoe club right now, but
we all launched from the same small beach area on the Diamond Head side of Ala
Moana Park next to Magic Island. Even way back then, didn't he also used to
sponsor/train the Kamehameha High School paddling team? Wow...was so long
ago yeah?
Yoda
Casey Crisler
On 8 Aug 1998 09:35:48 GMT, maka...@aol.com (MAKAHALA) wrote:
>
>To help clear up a few things about Sam Steamboat-Grampa passed away in June
>but my Dad, Sam -the wrestler, is alive and well. Both father and son worked
>Waikiki Beach as beachboys-Grampa is the one spoken of as the beachboy in
>Grady
>Timmon's book "Waikiki Beachboy". My Dad's picture is in there also next
>Grampa's.
>
>My Father's wrestling took him all over the world and I look back on that time
>with fondness as I got to accompany him on many trips. Dad still keeps himself
>involved with high school paddling. His current project is getting outrigger
>canoe paddling recognized as a letter sport and assisting the high schools
>with
>their efforts.
>
>Samantha Mokuahi Moikeha
>
Sorry to hear about your grandfather, but I'm glad to know Sam-the
wrestler is alive. I remember some of his wrestling matches in the
late 70's. Particularly one where he beat John Tolos for the
championship belt. The whole match and what follows was classic. I
have that on cassette and hope to put it on my web page soon.
btw does your dad know Lord-Tally Ho-Blears' whereabouts?
Casey Crisler
clcr...@hotmail.com
Not A Good Word About Anything
http://arizona.speedchoice.com/~casey
Sue Larkin
(Casey Crisler) wrote:
[...]
: btw does your dad know Lord-Tally Ho-Blears' whereabouts?
I'm not Samantha, but...
Last I heard, LTHB was still living in Makaha with wife, Lee, who still
teaches aerobics at the Waianae Rec Center.
Aloha from Makaha...Sue
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Casey Crisler
On 9 Aug 1998 04:50:52 GMT, sue...@pobox.com (Sue Larkin) wrote:
>
>(Casey Crisler) wrote:
>[...]
>: btw does your dad know Lord-Tally Ho-Blears' whereabouts?
>
>I'm not Samantha, but...
>Last I heard, LTHB was still living in Makaha with wife, Lee, who still
>teaches aerobics at the Waianae Rec Center.
>
>Aloha from Makaha...Sue
Thats good to hear. I'm glad he's still around.
Casey Crisler
clcr...@hotmail.com
Visit: Not A Good Word About Anything
http://arizona.speedchoice.com/~casey
Judy Barrett
Sue Larkin wrote:
> (Casey Crisler) wrote:
> [...]
> : btw does your dad know Lord-Tally Ho-Blears' whereabouts?
>
> I'm not Samantha, but...
> Last I heard, LTHB was still living in Makaha with wife, Lee, who still
> teaches aerobics at the Waianae Rec Center.
>
Sue & Casey,
Last I heard, Lord Tally Ho Blears was planning a COMEBACK as a wrestler
and his coach is Russ Francis. Or at least that's what wrestling buffs
Keoni, BB, and Gino tell me. They claim he's in better shape no--at
sixty-something--than he was when he was on the circuit. Huuuuuuu! Ain't
that somethin!
Judy
Casey Crisler
On 9 Aug 1998 08:20:59 GMT, Judy Barrett <j-ba...@worldnet.att.net>
wrote:
Amazing. I just hope he doesn't become part of a WCW Pay Per View.
I remember the Francis'. Ed, Bill and Russ.
spam_musubi_eater
Yoda wrote:
>
> In article <nortle-902...@news.lava.net>,
> maka...@aol.com (MAKAHALA) wrote:
>
>
> Mahalo nui for clearing that up Samantha. Besides his wrestling, I remember
> your Dad from 20 years ago when I paddled canoe for the now defunct Moana Kai
> canoe club. I can't remember the name of your Dad's canoe club right now, but
> we all launched from the same small beach area on the Diamond Head side of Ala
> Moana Park next to Magic Island. Even way back then, didn't he also used to
Koa Kai currently paddles and stores their canoes out of the Diamond
Head entrance to Magic Island.
MAKAHALA
>Mahalo nui for clearing that up Samantha. Besides his wrestling, I remember
>your Dad from 20 years ago when I paddled canoe for the now defunct Moana Kai
>canoe club. I can't remember the name of your Dad's canoe club right now, but
>we all launched from the same small beach area on the Diamond Head side of Ala
>Moana Park next to Magic Island. Even way back then, didn't he also used to
>ago yeah?
The name of the canoe club was Hawaiian Warriors. He worked alot with all of
the private schools. Mainly Iolani, Priory, and Kamehameha.
King Pineapple
Judy Barrett <j-ba...@worldnet.att.net> writes: >
>
>
> Sue Larkin wrote:
>
> > (Casey Crisler) wrote:
> > [...]
> > : btw does your dad know Lord-Tally Ho-Blears' whereabouts?
> >
> > I'm not Samantha, but...
> > Last I heard, LTHB was still living in Makaha with wife, Lee, who still
> > teaches aerobics at the Waianae Rec Center.
> >
>
> Sue & Casey,
>
> Last I heard, Lord Tally Ho Blears was planning a COMEBACK as a wrestler
> and his coach is Russ Francis. Or at least that's what wrestling buffs
> Keoni, BB, and Gino tell me. They claim he's in better shape no--at
> sixty-something--than he was when he was on the circuit. Huuuuuuu! Ain't
> that somethin!
>
> Judy
>
>
field trip to the TV studio to see the wrassling matches, that was 35
years ago, he was no spring chicken then!