Greetings from Kelly Urich, the most trusted name in music!

I missed last week’s letter because we were in Chicago for a little family vacation.  I try to get away from radio and wound up spending my time at WLS with morning man Dave Fogel and at B-96 with programming guru Erik Bradley, both subscribers to this letter.  We stayed on Rush Street, because it’s so kid-friendly and had a delightful time at Shedd Aquarium and a bunch of other places.  Chicago was once a radio goal of mine but I must admit, 8 million people made me want to return to the coziness of 2 million people here in Kansas City.

ON THE SUBJECT OF RADIO…

Clear Channel Communications is asking the FCC to allow one owner to own up to 12 radio stations in one city.  The industry’s largest player says radio’s long overdue for more deregulation.  12 radio stations?  That’s ridiculous.  I mean, 8 I can understand, but 12?

BP finally figured out a way to cap the oil spill in the gulf.  They installed an Entercom Communications salary cap.

BP engineers have, for now, capped the oil spill in the gulf.  85 days and 184 million gallons later the oil has stopped flowing.
**Now the engineers are focusing their efforts on developing a cap for Mel Gibson’s mouth.

President Obama’s approval ratings are now negative, this as the White House says its $862 billion stimulus package has saved or created three million jobs.
**Then again, BP has created thousands of jobs cleaning up oil clumps.

TMZ is reporting Mel Gibson’s wife received threatening phone calls that “scared her to death.”
**Apparently , someone called asking her to vote for Jerry Moran or Todd Teahart.

A source says LeBron James will pay nearly $50 million on a 20,000-square-foot mansion in Coral Gables, Florida. The eight-bedroom, 11-bathroom estate has been on the market since April 2009.
**He is expected to make a formal announcement about his purchase in a one hour special on HGTV.

LEBRON JAMES – THE KELLY URICH CONNECTION!

After the LeBron James announcement last week that devastated Cleveland as he heads to the Miami Heat, we hear LeBron snuck away to New York to attend the wedding of NBA player Carmelo Anthony as he married former MTV Total Request Live host and  VH1 host La La Vasquez.  TRUE STORY!  I once sat with La La in the Furama Hotel bar in Sydney, Australia during the Olympics and let her cry on my shoulder about how she was missing her boyfriend back in Los Angeles.

She was whining about being in Australia for FREE…and I’m like…grow up! But I did it in a careful way as I kept stroking her hair.

Ratings for this week’s MLB All-Star Game were the lowest since Atlanta hosted in 1972 and down 16% from last year.
**If I want to watch grown men spitting and adjusting themselves, I’ll just watch the guys resurfacing our parking lot.

After 13 years the National League FINALLY won an All-Star game and the NL will get home team advantage during this year’s world series.
**And I have to believe that really hurts the Royals chances of winning the World Series.

Experts say the Apple iPhone 4’s design flaw can be fixed with duct tape.  Consumer Reports is no longer recommending buying the iPhone 4, thanks to a design flaw that’s causing reception problems.  Experts say the Apple iPhone 4 can be fixed with a simple piece of duct tape.
**Several freaks are already camped in front of the plaza store to be the first to buy the official Apple duct tape.

The former University of Kansas director of ticket operations entered a guilty plea for concealment and not reporting theft to KU.  A Topeka judge was presiding.  District Judge Wesley E. Brown is the oldest judge in the federal system.  He was appointed by President Kennedy.  Brown is 103 and attended KU during the “Phog Allen” era.  He attended law school before WWII.
**I know what you’re thinking…what a perfect replacement for Simon Cowell on American Idol.

Nikita, the 800 pound 3 year-old polar bear will be at the Kansas City Zoo in a few weeks as the Polar Bear Passage is about to open.
**Before Nikita can come to Kansas City he is undergoing several rounds of questions to make sure he’s not a Russian spy.

Scientists have found that plants can “think” and “remember” in ways very similar to our own nervous system. Experiments now show light placed on one leaf will cause the whole plant to respond. And the response, which took the form of light-induced chemical reactions in the leaves, continued in the dark. This showed, they said, that the plant “remembered” the information encoded in light.
**So you vegetarians…GET OFF MY MEAT LOVING..BBQ EATING ARSS!

A new survey out of the UK shows that 1 in 5 people have sent an inappropriate text to the wrong person by mistake.
**I once sent a private message that I thought was a text but it went to my Twitter account by mistake.  That’s why you should be following me on Twitter.

Former boxer Mike Tyson says he’s dedicating the rest of his life to caring for others because he considers himself a “pig” who has “wasted” so many years of his life.
**So, you see, there is hope for Mackenzie.

Sources say a remake of the old George Burns-John Denver flick Oh, God! will be remade with Betty White playing the role of God.
**When told of the news, even God said he was getting tired of Betty White.

A tax adviser from England will try to set a new world record for pushing a car the length of a marathon — 26.2 miles. Adrian Kane has 24 hours to do it. The current record is 17.06 miles.
**I would rather do that than do my own taxes.

A 36-year-old guy in Maine was arrested after he allegedly set a Mercedes-Benz on fire and then posted photos of the burning vehicle on Facebook.
**That’s like robbing a bank and then standing next to your photo at the post office.

We registered a Heat Index of 124 just south of here in recent days.

IT IS SO STICKY:

It’s so sticky Lefty’s contact lenses fogged over.

It’s so sticky Kansas City Parks Board member Aggie Stackhaus is calling for a mud slide at Liberty Memorial.

It’s so sticky the NAACP Convention passed a resolution encouraging an ICED TEA party.

It’s so sticky singers are asking for an encore of this year’s Red White and Boom for the cool reception.

It’s so sticky the Royals are asking to go back to the All-Star game so they can avoid play time.

The Kansas City Comets have returned.  KC had one of the largest watch parties in the US for World Cup Soccer.  The Comets had some of the best fans in the MISL back in the 80s.  Now they’re going to play in the Independence Events Center.
**That’s great for Independence people because, much like soccer players, Independence people like to do things without using their hands.   Play soccer, DRIVE….EAT.

A New Zealand woman who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis woke up one morning with a new accent — a mix of Welsh, Scottish and north London tones. An MRI scan showed that two lesions had developed at the back of her brain which docs think may have caused the change in speech.
**Maybe this explains what’s happening to Madonna, Tina Turner and Oprah.

It was a tough decision but after watching all the news the last couple of days…I finally decided to unfriend Mel Gibson on Facebook.

According to Pollstar Magazine, Sprint Center has been recognized as America’s third busiest arena. The magazine also ranks Sprint Center at No. 6 among worldwide venues.  Sprint Center, trails venues in New York City and Atlanta but beat every other venue in America and most around the world.
**They say they don’t expect the arena to be empty until we get a Kansas City sports franchise playing there.

A couple of ladies in Lenexa started a sterling silver jewelry business 20 years ago by pooling their grocery funds.  Yesterday they sold the business to Avon for $650 million.  Silpada Designs, created by Bonnie Kelly and Teresa Walsh.

Let that be a lesson for those of you in Buckner….there is a LEGAL way to make money in your basement.

Lady Gaga performed at Rockefeller Plaza on a hot and humid New York Friday to a record Today Show crowd of 20,000 people.  A lot of people are accusing her of being a Madonna rip-off but not even Madonna could draw a crowd that big for the Today Show.
**Upon hearing the news, Christina Aguilara says she now wants to rip-off Madonna AND Lady Gaga.

Thanks to the throngs of Gen X Radio listeners who joined me at Superior Volvo Saturday for great car deals and Kelly Urich Grunt t-shirts.  More are on the way!

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