One of the many fun and brilliant ideas as Program Content Director for WRBO was negotiating an agreement with Isaac to host an evening radio show from 7p-12p. We called it "Hot Buttered Love Songs". I love the way Isaac tagged it with.... "and sheet music".:) me, my deceased best friend David Gingold, and Tony Yoken, made it happen.1998-2012 are some of the most fun years of our radio careers. I've created an edited segment here. If allowed, I will include the full songs in future excerpts and some recordings of various Memphis artist recorded live on WRBO from Isaac's night club and restaurant. Most of the never-before-published photos were taken by Abudu Mukaram during the Ground Breaking, Ground Shaking for the Stax Music Academy. Tony Yoken, General Manager of the station, made these comments from in a 2001 Memphis Business Journal article written by Kathy Shepard: "Isaac's program draws a substantial share of the total adult Memphis market, up to approximately 21 or 22%, and as high as a 33 share (33%) among the adult black target audience," says Tony Yoken, president and general manager of Memphis Radio Group. "The most recent comparative monthly rating trends for a typical Monday through Friday, 7 p.m. to midnight, program would be 17.8% for Soul Classics 103.5, or 7.2% on WRVR." Chris Herrington's comments from his 2001 Memphis Flyer interview with Isaac: "Hayes maintained a residence in Memphis during this time, but in the coming weeks he’ll be packing up his New York digs and moving back to Memphis for real. Hayes’ process of reconnecting with his hometown has been building over the last few years. In 1997, Hayes and Lisa Marie Presley financed a Church of Scientology mission on Central Avenue. Last summer he began providing voice work for local R&B; oldies station WRBO-FM 103.5 with a nighttime program dubbed “Hot Buttered Love Songs.” And a few months ago he opened Isaac Hayes –Music Food Passion, a restaurant/nightclub in the Peabody Place Entertainment and Retail Center. There have been other local projects bearing his fingerprints — the Soulsville development and literacy programs among them — but it seems to be the restaurant that has been most instrumental in bringing this favorite son back home". "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

• published: 26 Sep 2022
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