1971 Recess on Those Were the Days on WRCO-FM

RICHLAND CENTER, Wis. (WRCO) – Phil Nee plays the greatest hits from the fifties through the early nineties every Saturday night between six and midnight on Those Were the Days on WRCO-FM.

During the 1971-72 school year, I was a big strapping second grader attending Bear Valley elementary. My teacher was Mrs. Mott. It was a year or so from the beginning of my class clowning. I was still a bit more reserved. Parent teacher conferences were always a stressful time for me and especially Jim and Rose Mary Nee. That is when they heard exactly what was happening with their bouncing baby boy. Mrs. Mott relayed the shocking truth that I was always hanging out with the girls at recess and not playing football and doing boy things. Mom and Dad were a bit concerned and gave me a lecture about making time for the boys in my class.

It was not that I didn’t like a refreshing game of football now and then, but the girls were just more fun. Later in life when the same ruffians wanted me to go out with the boys, I usually would refuse. Why go out and talk about and try to meet girls when I would rather just go hang out with the girls? I had it figured out in second grade. On the way to school the radio was humming with lots of hits and the barn radio was kicking out the jams for the kicking Holstiens. Favorite songs from the fall of 1971 include Peace Train-Cat Stevens, Do You Know What I Mean-Lee Michaels, Two Divided By Love-Grass Roots, Sweet City Woman-Stampeders, Old Fashioned Love Song- Three Dog Night, Theme From Shaft-Isaac Hayes, and Have You Seen Her-Chi-Lites (the first 45 record I ever bought with my own money). It was a great time to listen to the radio, and I am so glad that I grew up when I did.

I hope that you will listen Saturday night to our Those Were the Days radio show on WRCO FM 100.9 and WRCO.com. You can download the Civic Media app and find WRCO. Thanks to Tony and Naleh for their guest d.j. appearance last week. They did a wonderful job. It is always nice to hear from listeners far and wide. Our farthest away listeners last week checked in from Michigan. Tell your friends about our goofy little radio show. We can hang out Saturday night between six and midnight, and I promise that I won’t just hang out with the ladies!

Phil

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