Volume 10 , Issue 21

1944 Coyote Hunters

"Down Cherokee way coyote hunting was one of the two novel uses for light aircraft. I remember from my childhood in the 1940s. The other was Sunday morning delivery of the Sunday Oklahoman. The airplane would fly low over the house, and drop the paper in the driveway.

You will remember that the Gaylord family had a fully integrated news operation in Oklahoma City. They owned the Daily Oklahoman and Oklahoma City Times, WKY radio and WKY TV. Their Mistletoe Express delivered papers statewide. So it's no surprise that the comics were read on the radio every Sunday morning.

Radio announcers at WKY were considered part of show business, so they each had a stage name. The guy who read the Sunday funnies had a uniquely memorable and elegant name -- Wakefield Holley." -- Al Weigand - 1944 Coyote Hunters
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