{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Memories of radio broadcasts at crowded drive-ins &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"z7wsBKXe02\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/memories-of-radio-broadcasts-at-crowded-drive-ins\/\">Memories of radio broadcasts at crowded drive-ins<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/memories-of-radio-broadcasts-at-crowded-drive-ins\/embed\/#?secret=z7wsBKXe02\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Memories of radio broadcasts at crowded drive-ins&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"z7wsBKXe02\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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Yogi, referring to a restaurant, said, \u201cNobody goes there any more. It is always too crowded.\u201d The Root Beer Stand is always crowded, and there are several reasons for it. For one, you don\u2019t have to spend a lot to get a good meal. You name it, I like their hotdogs, hamburgers, French fries, onion rings, to name a few. One of the things you\u2019ll hear from people who have moved away and are coming back here for a visit is, \u201cLet\u2019s go to the Root Beer Stand.\u201d It is a very popular place, and has had celebrities like John Calipari eat there. We don\u2019t have as many drive-ins as we had when I was in my teens. Back in the 1950\u2019s and 60\u2019s we had several drive-ins in Corbin. There was Gerry\u2019s, the Wing, Hungry Hound and the Dairy Dell. Our past time in the summer was to circle the drive-ins, spend an evening at the Drive-in theater, go bowling or participate in city league softball and hang around the Lunch Queen. After graduating from college, I worked as a disc jockey and sports announcer at radio station WCTT. During the summer of 1962 on some Saturday nights Phil Taylor and I broadcast from the roof at Gerry\u2019s Drive-In. It was like a scene from Happy Days. It was a thing back then. Just before I came back to Corbin, Nick Clooney was doing the same thing as a DJ, broadcasting from Chevy Chase in Lexington. Everybody was out in their cars listening to the radio, and we were there to take requests and talk to those who drove by. In addition to broadcasting from Gerry\u2019s, I also broadcast city league softball games. Some of the games were played behind the Hungry Hound and some at Rotary Park. Not only did I broadcast, but I also played on Bill Crook\u2019s softball team. My buddy Bill was always deep into softball, but back then it was guys from the community playing against each other. One day when Bill and I were out driving we spotted a big guy working on road construction. Before I could blink an eye, Bill stopped the car and asked the guy if he played any softball. To our surprise he was a University of Kentucky basketball player. I think his\u00a0 name was Dick Broderson, who stood about 6\u20198\u201d and weighed about 270 lbs. He said he would like to play and Bill signed him up. He could hit the ball out of the park and into the weeds behind the Hungry Hound. Unfortunately, it was during one of those games that my close friend and co-worker Johnny Reeves slid into second base and broke his ankle. When I wasn\u2019t playing I broadcast some of the games on WCTT. I\u2019ll never forget the fun I had. I could go on and on, but. The Root Beer Stand trip got me to thinking about the good times back then. And like All in the Family, \u201cThose were the days my friend.\u201d"}