This brief recording captures Jerry Kay doing a Mother’s Day bit. There’s a loud whistle in the background and the tape runs out before the end of the break, but it’s still great to hear Jerry’s warm, familiar voice. Dave Dolacky (and Burt Reynolds) can also be heard on the spot for Channel 7.
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Steven Smith • April 24, 2021
Sam….I would not be too worried about it, I had it wrong on my KJR Golden Years video viewed by Pat O’Day, the O’Day kids, Dick Curtis, Tom Murphy, Chuck Bolland, Les Parsons and Gary Shannon. They all left comments or sent Emails to me and nobody mentioned the errant E…it has since been corrected. A photo of a news clipping of the era in the article still has it wrong.
Sam Lawson • April 24, 2021
Since it was spelled “KAY” on the old KJR surveys, that’s what it must be. My apologies to Jerry for butchering his name on the post. 🙂
Steven Smith • April 26, 2021
Perhaps it was a case of mass delusion
lonergan • April 23, 2021
Here’s my thought, with Danny Kaye as co-owner of KJR, Jerry would not have used the same spelling. So it’s Jerry Kay, rhymes with Pat O’Day! (Also, I do see many listings from Chicago, both WLS and WCFL with the Kay spelling.)
Jason Remington • April 24, 2021
Well then, KAY it is.
Edgar Bennett • April 23, 2021
I have been a little confused about this myself.
Jason Remington • April 23, 2021
One thing that has bothered me over the years, the spelling of Jerry’s last name. In my youth, I thought it was K-A-Y-E. I sometimes saw it listed as KAY in the Stredicke columns and also as KAYE. This confusion continued later in online posts mentioning Jerry K…
So, I checked other “radio” websites and see that they tag him as JERRY KAY. Except one site dedicated to Chicago radio, which lists him as JERRY KAYE.
A niggling little issue, which shouldn’t be that big of deal, but it is the man’s name. GET IT RIGHT!
I here, now, proclaim once and for all, K-A-Y-E is the correct spelling, based on my remembrances of KJR publications and certain dedicated radio sites.
Everybody, please remember the E at the end of Jerry’s name. After all, he was kind of a big deal in radio.
Upon further investigation, I see a KJR survey, with the spelling KAY. Good gracious, me! https://qzvx.com/pictures/Jan-7-1963A.jpg
Maybe it changed over the years, between stations— or maybe I am wrong!
Steven Smith • April 23, 2021
I have a few old KJR surveys. They spell it KAY. Yet I also have some newspaper articles of the day and they spell it KAYE when he was in Seattle. Maybe nobody cared. But I guess the surveys would be the way he spelled it. I cannot think they put out several surveys with his name spelled wrong….of course it was a made up name.
Jason Remington • April 24, 2021
From what I read, listeners/radio fans seemed to cling to the KAYE spelling after all these years (judging by radio websites online) and stations spelled it KAY. Strange how the brain works.