THIS IS LET'S TALK CINCY PRESENTED BY WESTERN AND SOUTHERN FINANCIAL GROUP. PUT OUR FINANCIAL STRENGTH BEHIND YOU. THE HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2025 PLAYED FOR 19 SEASONS IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES, SLUGGING 339 HOME RUNS AND POSTING A 290 BATTING AVERAGE WITH THE PIRATES. REDS, A'S, BREWERS, ANGELS AND BLUE JAYS. DAVE PARKER BECOMES A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME. IT WAS THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WAS LONG OVERDUE. CINCINNATI'S OWN DAVE PARKER, NUMBER 39, THE COBRA, NOW A MAJOR LEAGUE HALL OF FAMER. HELLO EVERYONE. I'M CURTIS FULLER AND WELCOME TO LET'S TALK CINCY. I HAVE FOLLOWED DAVE PARKER'S CAREER SINCE HE FIRST WAS DRAFTED BY THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES. THAT WAS BACK IN 1970. I CALLED DAVE AND HIS WIFE KELLY TO CONGRATULATE THEM. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, HE SAID. HE SHED A FEW TEARS WHEN HE GOT THE NEWS. AS YOU HEARD, DAVE PARKER PLAYED WITH SEVERAL OTHER TEAMS, INCLUDING HIS HOMETOWN CINCINNATI REDS. COOPERSTOWN MIGHT SEEM LIKE A LONG WAY FROM HIS DAYS OF GROWING UP NEAR OLD CROSLEY FIELD, BUT ANYONE WHO SAW HIM PLAY KNEW IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME WHEN HE WOULD RECEIVE THE CROWNING HONOR OF BASEBALL'S HALL OF FAME. OVER THE YEARS, HE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE HALL OF FAME. I ONCE ASKED HIM HOW HE WOULD DESCRIBE HIS BASEBALL SKILLS TO SOMEONE ELSE. WELL, I FELT I WAS A FIVE TOOL PLAYER. I COULD BEAT YOU WITH MY GLOVE, ARM, BACK, LEGS, AND YOU KNOW, I PLAYED THE GAME THE WAY I FELT IT SHOULD BE PLAYED AT 110%. SO I WOULD JUST SAY A COMPLETE PLAYER, ONE WITH NO HOLES. I KNOW WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, PEOPLE USED TO WANT TO COME UP TO ME AND TALK ABOUT BEING THE BEST PLAYER IN THE GAME AND 70S. I SAID, WERE YOU DOING THE RIGHT THING? YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW GOOD I AM? ASK ME. SO I BELIEVE IN MY ABILITY. YOU KNOW, I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH ONE OF DAVE'S CLOSEST FRIENDS, REDS HALL OF FAMER ERIC DAVIS. HE TOLD ME HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THIS WOULD BE THE YEAR THAT THE CALL WOULD COME. WAITING FOR DAVE. WHY? BECAUSE WHAT'S DUE IS DUE. AND AND IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS WHO RESONATED AND CHANGED THE GAME, THAT'S DAVE PARKER. THAT'S THE COBRA. AND I'M BIASED BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT UP FRONT. I'M A PRODUCT OF THAT ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE HE WAS MY POPS. HE TOOK OVER WHEN MY DAD WAS WHEN I WAS AWAY FROM HOME, AND TO HAVE HIM AND HIS FAMILY DO THE THINGS FOR ME THAT HE DID WHEN I WAS 21 YEARS OLD, AND STUFF IS JUST LIKE, YOU DON'T SEE THAT KIND OF STUFF ANYMORE. AND AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE GAME, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE KIND OF VETERANS AROUND WHO CARE ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF YOUNG PLAYERS. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO DAVE PARKER, HIS WIFE KELLY, AND THE REST OF HIS FAMILY. THE HALL OF FAME INDUCTION IS JULY 27TH NEXT YEAR. HE'S BEEN WAITING TO GIVE HIS SPEECH FOR A LONG TIME. YOU KNOW, I CAUGHT UP WITH ERIC DAVIS, WHO WAS IN TOWN TO SUPPORT HIS RELATIVE, WELL KNOWN LOCAL ENTREPRENEUR ORLANDO CHAPMAN, FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF A NEW WINE BAR DOWNTOWN AND TO PROMOTE PROMOTE HIS NEW WINE CALLED ERIC THE RED. YEAH, IT WAS KIND OF DEFINITELY DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH BECAUSE WHAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WAS HOW INTRICATE AND HOW SERIOUS THESE WINE DRINKERS ARE. I ACTUALLY PARTNERED WITH THREE C, THREE CDC, ABOUT 14, 15 YEARS AGO, DOING EVENTS ON FOUNTAIN SQUARE, WASHINGTON PARK. WE'VE DONE A BUNCH OF VENTURES. SO WHEN I CAME TO CHRISTY SAMMUT AND TOLD HER THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR BRICK AND MORTAR, I TOLD HIM WHAT MY NEEDS WERE. YOU KNOW, FOR OUR SPACE, PLENTY OF PARKING. AND SHE BROUGHT ME TO A SITE VISIT AND WE THE FIRST VISIT WAS THIS SPACE. WOW. YEAH. AND I WAS SOLD ON IT. ANYTIME I SEE OR HEAR THAT HE'S GETTING SOMETHING FROM THE CITY, IT REALLY RESONATES WITH ME BECAUSE I KNOW HOW HARD HE WORKS. SO JUST HIS DEDICATION TO ANYTHING THAT HE DOES IS FAR BEYOND. ACTUALLY, WE WAS TALKING ABOUT DOING MY WINE BEFORE HE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT DOING SOMETHING TO WINE, ABOUT ERIC THE RED. ERIC THE RED? YEAH. ERIC THE RED WINE. YEAH, IT WAS ACTUALLY THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT ORLANDO CAME UP WITH, AND IT WAS JUST FITTING THAT THAT THAT THE, THE CHRIS BERMAN GAVE ME THAT ALMOST, ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO BACK WHEN ESPN AND HE WAS GIVING NICKNAMES AND HE, HE JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE HAD SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY. AND, AND HE THE ONE THAT CAME UP WITH ERIC THE RED AND IT STUCK. I'VE USED IT. I STILL USE IT. I'M KNOWN BY IT WAS CRAZY BECAUSE I WAS ON THE PLANE AND THE GUY SHOWED ME A SLOT THAT HE HAD ERIC THE RED ON HIS PHONE. THAT WAS HIS NICKNAME ON HIS PHONE. SO IT'S IT'S THERE. IT'S HERE. AND AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HE THOUGHT WOULD BE PERFECT. I WAS NEVER A WINE DRINKER. ACTUALLY. MY WIFE DRANK MORE WINE THAN I DO. SO WHEN I MENTIONED IT TO HER, SHE WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY. AND THEN MY GIRLS WAS EXCITED. SO I HAVE TO GIVE HIM ALL THE KUDOS BEHIND THAT BECAUSE HE TALKED ABOUT IT, HE TALKED ABOUT IT, AND HE TALKED ABOUT IT UNTIL HE TALKED IT IN EXISTENCE. SOMETHING TO WHINE ABOUT IS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI AT 136 WEST FOURTH STREET. IT OPENS EACH DAY AT 11 IN THE MORNING. YOU CAN CALL 513417 8778 FOR MORE INFORMATION. WE'LL BE BACK IN A MOMENT. WELCOME BACK. EVERYONE HERE WITH ME TO TALK ABOUT A FUN EVENT COMING UP DECEMBER 21ST. WALTER WHITE, WHO'S THE PUBLISHER OF THE CINCINNATI HERALD, JAN MICHELLE LEMON KEARNEY, WHO IS, OF COURSE, THE VICE MAYOR OF CINCINNATI. BUT TODAY SHE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE HERALD AS THE OWNER OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS. AND THEN ALSO ROBERT HUMPHRIES, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF R, L H PRODUCTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COURTIS. YEAH. LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS EVENT ON THE 21ST. IT'S CALLED FRIENDS OF THE HERALD. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW THAT CAME INTO EXISTENCE. BUT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW NEXT YEAR MARKS THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CINCINNATI HERALD. WHAT A HISTORY. YEAH. LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY. IT STARTED IT WAS STARTED BY GERALD PORTER IN 1955. AND THEN IN 1963, HE WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT, TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL. THEY WOULDN'T TREAT HIM. AND BY THE TIME THEY MOVED HIM TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL, IT WAS TOO LATE AND HE DIED. SO HIS WIDOW, MARJORIE PARHAM, STEPPED IN. AND, YOU KNOW, MARJORIE PARHAM AND SHE PASSED JUST A FEW YEARS AGO AT THE AGE OF 102. SO SHE WAS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH. SO WE BOUGHT THE HERALD IN 1996 AND JUST HAPPY TO KEEP THAT LEGACY ALIVE FOR THE CITY OF CINCINNATI. I CAN SAY WALTER, AS THE PUBLISHER, HAS DONE A GREAT JOB. HE'S EXPANDED US. SO WE'RE NOT JUST PRINT NOW, WE'RE MULTIMEDIA, WE'RE DIGITAL, WE HAVE LOTS OF EVENTS. ONE STARTED BY BY ERIC, WHO'S ALSO A PART OWNER. THE DADDY-DAUGHTER DINNER DANCE, WHICH, YES, IS COMING BACK THIS YEAR. PEOPLE, IT'S GOING TO BE FEBRUARY 8TH AT UNION TERMINAL. TICKETS ARE NOT ON SALE YET, BUT THEY'LL BE ON SALE SOON. SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR CALLING. WE HAVE LISTS OF PEOPLE COMING, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A NEW EVENT, CINCY POWER AWARDS, THAT'S GOING TO THE IN PERSON EVENT WILL BE FEBRUARY 16TH, BUT VOTING IS GOING ON NOW FOR THE BEST BLACK BUSINESSES. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE'RE REALLY HERE TO PROMOTE THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. YEAH. AND WALTER, PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THE THERE'S SO MANY OPTIONS FOR MEDIA. THE SURVIVAL IS SO CRITICAL. AND THAT'S HOW THIS WHOLE FRIENDS OF THE HERALD CAME ABOUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO. BUT TALK ABOUT THE KEEPING THIS INSTITUTION GOING. WELL, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS, IS IT'S JUST SO MUCH SO MANY DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES IN THE WORLD. AND OUR CULTURE HAS ALWAYS BEEN BLENDED INTO ALL THESE PERSONALITIES. AND WE DO A GOOD JOB OF COMMUNICATING OUR CULTURE AND DIGITAL, ALONG WITH PRINT, HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN EXPAND OUR REACH BUT STAY WITHIN OUR AUDIENCES. YOU KNOW, WE'RE SOME OF US ARE BABY BOOMERS, BUT WE ARE GEN X, WE HAVE MILLENNIALS, WE HAVE GEN Z, AND THEY'RE ALL LOOKING TO GET CULTURAL INFORMATION. IT'S JUST JUST THAT SIMPLE. AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PRESSING THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT DIGITAL GIVES YOU. THAT PRINT. PEOPLE STILL WANT PRINT. THAT'S NOT SOME INVISIBLE PHENOMENON. NOW IT'S THERE. AND WE HAVE MARRIED THEM. I GUESS THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO SAY IT. WE HAVE PODCASTS I SHOULDN'T I SHOULD SAY THAT THE PODCAST IS GROWING. WE'RE GETTING INTO ANOTHER EVOLUTION OF THE PODCAST, AND THE PODCAST WAS A BIRTH CHILD, JUST LIKE THE DIGITAL OF THE PANDEMIC. WOW. YEAH, RIGHT. BOB. YES. SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE WERE SITTING AROUND, WE GO OVER TO THE HERALD OFFICE AND CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA. FRIENDS OF THE HERALD TO ENCOURAGE IT. YEAH, AND TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THE HERALD. RIGHT. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. WELL, COURTIS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICES THAT YOU HAVE DONE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OF COURSE, MY THANK YOU TO THE CINCINNATI HERALD. IT WAS AN EVENT THAT WAS CREATED TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION AND DEDICATION FOR THE HERALD'S COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, US WITH THE NEWS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SHOWCASING THE MANY ENTERTAINERS, THE MANY NEWS STORIES THAT ARE GOING ON, YOU KNOW, KEEPING US INFORMED. AS WALTER SAID, SOMETHING SIMILAR. AND THIS YEAR, ARE WE HONORING SOMEBODY SPECIAL? OH YES. THIS YEAR. THIS YEAR. TALK ABOUT THAT. I WAS TRYING TO GET PAST THAT. WE HAVE TO TALK THIS YEAR. IT WAS BROUGHT BACK AFTER BEING AWAY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. AND IT IS SUCH A WONDERFUL TIME THAT THE FRIENDS OF THE CINCINNATI HERALD, YOU KNOW, CAN HAVE A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO OUR DEAR FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY. NONE OTHER THAN CURTIS FULLER, WHO, YES, WE BROUGHT TOGETHER SOME OF THE FINEST ENTERTAINERS AND PERFORMERS IN THE CINCINNATI AREA. YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE PERFORMING ON THIS DAY, WHICH IS SATURDAY, SATURDAY, DECEMBER THE 21ST, FROM 2 TO 4 P.M. AT THE BISHOP, O'NEILL'S HOUSE OF JOY, A CHURCH AND IT'S FREE. IT'S A FREE EVENT. IT'S A GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY. IT'S A GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY. YEAH. YES. YEAH. AND THAT'S AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. IT'S A FUN HOLIDAY EVENT. YES. IT STARTED AS THAT. I CAN REMEMBER OUR DEAR FRIEND KIRK. I HAVE EVERY QUARTER, EVERY CORK WHO WAS PART OF THE THE GENESIS OF THIS. AND SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR, FOR FOR DOING THIS. CAN I, CAN I JUST JUMP IN AND SAY, COURTIS, YOU DO SO MUCH FOR THE CINCINNATI COMMUNITY? WELL, THAT'S IT'S RARE TO GO TO AN EVENT THAT YOU'RE NOT THE EMCEE AND YOU BRING SO MUCH TO IT. YOU BRING SO MUCH WARMTH AND KNOWLEDGE, AND YOU GET THE AUDIENCE ENGAGED. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FANTASTIC. YOU DO SO MUCH FOR CINCINNATI. SO THIS HAPPENS WHEN YOU PAY THEM THE SAME THING. NO, THIS IS JUST A SMALL A SMALL TOKEN. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN. YEAH. DECEMBER 21ST AGAIN. IT WILL BE AT THE HOUSE OF JOY. HOUSE OF JOY MINISTRIES IN CENTRAL PARK, RIGHT ON CENTRAL PARKWAY, 2:00 2:00, 2 TO 4 P.M. OKAY. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. THANK YOU AGAIN. I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PLATINUM SPONSOR, ZOLA'S RESTAURANT OF AVONDALE. OKAY. OH, OUR PLATINUM SPONSOR, BEST SHRIMP AND GRITS IN THE CITY. YEAH, YEAH. OH, MAN. IT'S GREAT. I JUST WANT TO. ALSO, IF YOU DON'T MIND, INTERJECT THAT THE VOTING PERIOD FOR CINCINNATI POWER AWARDS. IT'S CINCY POWER AWARDS IS GOING ON AT THIS MOMENT, AND WE HAVE A DEADLINE OF THE 22ND OF DECEMBER. OKAY. BESIDES GETTING THE MOST IMPRESSIONS ON OUR DIGITAL PLATFORM, CINCY POWER AWARDS, YOU'RE NUMBER TWO. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, SO YOU KNOW. YEAH, DEFINITELY VOTE VOTE NOW. VOTE TWICE NOW. ALL RIGHT WE GOT IT. WE GOT I GOT I GOT TO RUN. BUT DECEMBER 21ST DECEMBER 21ST. COME AND JOIN THE PAGEANTS ARE COMING. THIS IS COMING BACK. TEAMS ARE COMING UP. YOU KNOW THEY DO WAY TOO MUCH. WE'LL BE BACK RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. HERE WITH ME IS SOMEONE I'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME, MICHAEL WILLIAMS. AND HE IS A WALNUT HILLS GRAD, AN EXCELLENT MUSICIAN. FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE EVENT THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH COMING UP A LITTLE BIT LATER THIS MONTH. BUT GIVE FOLKS YOUR BACKGROUND AND HOW THIS EVOLVED, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST START PLAYING MUSIC. I MEAN, YOU SAW SOME FOLKS THAT YOU ADMIRED AND SAID, I WANT TO DO THAT TOO. ABSOLUTELY. SO THE SHORTEST VERSION OF THE STORY IS I STARTED PLAYING THE SAXOPHONE AT AGE TEN AND FIFTH GRADE, AND IT WASN'T MY PRIMARY CHOICE OF INSTRUMENT, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD TO CHOOSE AN INSTRUMENT. SO I HAD AN OLDER COUSIN THAT PLAYED SAX, SO I SAID, OKAY, I'LL PLAY SAX. AND GROWING UP I HAD THIS AMAZING MENTOR AND EVENTUALLY BECAME MY SAXOPHONE TEACHER, AND HE PLAYED EVERY SUNDAY AT THE CHURCH. I ATTENDED LINCOLN HEIGHTS MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, TALKING ABOUT NONE OTHER THAN EDDIE SAX, THOMAS, WHO AND PLAYS EVERYWHERE. OH MY GOODNESS. AND WE SHOULD NOTE THAT ED IS A RETIRED P&G EXEC. AND THEN TRANSITIONED INTO JUST PERFORMING ALL OVER. BUT THAT'S THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT STORY. ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS WAS EVEN WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND, YOU KNOW, HAD THOSE SQUEAKY NOTES AND, YOU KNOW, REAL SHY AND TIMID, HE ALWAYS LIKE, EVEN JUST LIKE ONCE A YEAR, SAY LIKE, HEY, MIKE, I WANT YOU TO PLAY ONE SONG WITH MY BAND. I WANT YOU TO COME OUT AND JUST TRY SOMETHING OR I WANT YOU TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME FUN. AND HE PUT ME RIGHT THERE, FRONT AND CENTER. AND, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY, AS I GOT OLDER AND OLDER AND WENT AWAY TO COLLEGE, I WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT SPACE. I WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH, YOU KNOW, PLAYING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE OR DOING BANQUETS OR RECEPTIONS, RECEPTIONS AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND LIKE, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS. THIS IS JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE USED TO DO WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND SO IT WAS JUST REALLY FUN. TELL ME ABOUT THE EVENT THAT THAT YOU'RE DOING, NOT ONLY HERE, BUT REALLY THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF OHIO. ABSOLUTELY. BUT THE ONE HERE IS DECEMBER 22ND. IT IS. OH MY GOODNESS, 15 MINUTES OF CHRISTMAS. I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT. I GET SO EXCITED. I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CAMERA AND TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM. IT IS A CONCEPT THAT STARTED SOME YEARS AGO, AND THE FUNNY THING ABOUT IT IS NOW IT'S A CONCERT SERIES, BUT ORIGINALLY STARTED AS A CD AND IT WAS MAYBE ABOUT 15 MINUTES, 16 MINUTES LONG, AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF JUST SLOWING US DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HUSTLE AND THE BUSTLE OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON, AND JUST KIND OF LIKE GIVING US A STRESS RELIEVER AND SOMETHING THAT WAS SOOTHING AND SOMETHING THAT WOULD JUST KIND OF NURTURE US. AND WHEN IT GETS COLD AND FRIGID AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND THE PERFECT GIFT AND YOU'RE FREAKING OUT AND, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING THAT WOULD JUST GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF PEACE. AND SO IT WAS REALLY COOL TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THIS CD AND THEN EVENTUALLY CREATE THIS CONCERT SERIES AND THEN TOUR SERIES. NEVER ENOUGH TIME. THIS IS DECEMBER 22ND. WE'RE GOING TO WILLIAMS FRANCIS THEATER, SIX 6819 VINE STREET. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME AND IT WILL BE THERE PERFORMING. ABSOLUTELY. YOU'LL BE HOSTING AS WELL. GREAT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE. MIKE WILLIAMS ON SAX.COM. MAKE SURE YOU GRAB YOUR TICKETS RIGHT NOW. IT'S GOOD SEEING. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING ME. WE'LL BE BACK IN A MOMENT. FINALLY TODAY THERE IS ONE NAME FINALLY TODAY THERE IS ONE NAME THAT IS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE HOLIDAY SEASON HERE IN GREATER CINCINNATI. THAT'S THE LEGENDARY BROADCASTER RUTH LYONS. THE LEGACY OF HER COMMUNITY EFFORTS CONTINUE. THIS IS THE 85TH YEAR FOR THE RUTH LYONS CHILDREN'S FUND. LET US ENTERTAIN YOU. SHE STARTED OFF IN RADIO AND SHE WAS AN INTERN, AND AT THE TIME, RADIO PROGRAMS WERE DESIGNED FOR WOMEN SPECIFICALLY TO TEACH THEM HOW TO COOK AND CLEAN BETTER BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT'S WHAT WOMEN'S INTERESTS WERE. WELL, THEY COULD ONLY BE HOSTED BY WOMEN. THE WOMAN WHO WAS THE HOST OF THE SHOW WAS GONE. RUTH LYONS WAS AN INTERN AND THE ONLY OTHER WOMAN AROUND. THEY BROUGHT HER IN TO HOST THE SHOW. SHE THOUGHT THAT WOMEN VALUED MORE THINGS THAN COOKING AND CLEANING, AND SHE OPENED UP THE SUBJECT MATTER AND THE PHONES EXPLODED, AND HER RADIO CAREER BEGAN BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT WOMEN WERE INTERESTED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. AND THE SPONSOR LOVED WHAT SHE DID WITH HER SHOW. SHE LEVERAGED THAT, AND SHE UNDERSTOOD THE ROLE OF SOCIETY AND THE VALUE OF INDIVIDUALS AND PEOPLE. SO SHE WOULD UTILIZE HER POSITION TO RAISE FUNDS AND RAISE AWARENESS OF DIFFERENT SOCIAL ISSUES, OF WOMEN'S ISSUES. BACK IN 1937, THERE WAS THE GREAT FLOOD AROUND HERE. RUTH LYONS WAS INVOLVED IN HER RADIO SHOW, AND SHE ACTUALLY LEVERAGED HER RADIO SHOW TO GENERATE MONEY TO HELP THE FLOOD VICTIMS AND TO HELP THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. SO IN 1937, SHE GENERATED $56,000, WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST AMOUNT EVER COLLECTED BY THE AMERICAN RED CROSS TO RELIEF OF DISASTER. HER DAUGHTER, CANDY, WAS HOSPITALIZED LOCALLY, AND SHE WAS VISITING CANDY OVER CHRISTMAS AND REALIZED THAT THE KIDS JUST GOT AN ORANGE AS AN EXTRA PRESENT DURING THE HOLIDAYS. SO SHE LEVERAGED HER PERSONALITY IN THE MEDIA TO START THE RUTH LYONS CHRISTMAS FUND TO ENSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN HOSPITALIZED DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON WOULD GET A GIFT OF SOME KIND. AND IT'S JUST GROWN FROM THERE FROM THE 40S ON UP TILL TODAY. I'M SHARON ROGGENKAMP, I'M A DOCENT AT NATIONAL VOICE OF AMERICA MUSEUM OF BROADCASTING, THE MUSEUM REALLY PRESERVES NOT ONLY THE LEGACY OF VOICE OF AMERICA AND BETHANY STATION AND ITS ROLE THROUGH WORLD WAR TWO AND THE COLD WAR AND THE PRESENT. TODAY, IN TERMS OF RADIO REACHING ACROSS THE GLOBE TO LISTENERS, BUT AS THE LEGACY OF 바카라게임 RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS, THE STORY OF POWELL AND LEWIS CROSLEY, THE BROTHERS WHO INVENTED THEIR MEDIA EMPIRE, THIS BUILDING PRESERVES ALL OF THESE EXHIBITS, PRESERVE ALL OF THOSE STORIES AND HISTORY. BUT RUTH LYONS IS A SPECIAL STAR IN OUR SET OF EXHIBITS BECAUSE OF HER INFLUENCE AND WHAT SHE DID AND SOME OF THESE ARTIFACTS ARE VERY PRECIOUS AND RARE. IT IS A RARE ARTIFACT, AND IT WAS CREATED IN THE YEARS 1966 67. IT SHOWS THE TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED, WHICH WAS AROUND $848,000 FOR THE RUTH LYONS CHRISTMAS AND CHILDREN'S FUND. TODAY, THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE CLOSE TO $7 MILLION. SO THAT WAS CREATED ESPECIALLY TO PUT ON THE SET OF THE TELEVISION SHOW AND SHOW IT TO THE VIEWERS SO THAT THEY COULD SEE HOW THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS WERE VERY SIGNIFICANT. WE HAVE TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM TODAY. WE HAVE THOSE INFLUENCERS BACK IN HER DECADE AND DAY, SHE WAS JUST AS CREATIVE AND INFLUENTIAL. SHE DID HAVE A LINE OF CLOTHING THAT WAS DESIGNED AND MARKETED HERE IN THE REGION. THESE DRESSES ALSO SOLD WITH A HEART PIN. YOU COULD EITHER BUY THE DRESS AND THE PIN, OR GET THE PIN SO THAT YOU WOULD BE WEARING THE RUTH LYONS ITEMS. IN THE 1930S, YOU HAD MASSIVE CAMERAS, YOU HAD MASSIVE, VERY HOT LIGHTS, AND WHEN THEY WERE EXPERIMENTING WITH TELEVISION AND SHE WAS ON THE SET, SHE HAD LIVE FLOWERS. BUT UNDERNEATH THAT HEAT AND THOSE SPOTLIGHTS, BY THE END OF THE SHOW, THEY WERE TATTERED AND IN VERY POOR CONDITION. SHE STILL LOVED TO THROW THAT BOUQUET INTO THE AUDIENCE, AND THEY WERE THRILLED. BUT WHEN THEY KEPT DOING THIS, THEY WERE LIKE, THESE FLOWERS ARE HORRIBLE. AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW A SECOND THING? I HATE THIS UGLY MICROPHONE. I WOULD LOVE TO DISGUISE IT. SO THEY DID THE ARTIFICIAL ARRANGEMENTS. THEY WOULD OFTEN KEY THEM TO THE SEASONS. SO THAT WAS REALLY ONE OF HER SIGNATURE TRADEMARKS. TO HAVE THAT MICROPHONE COVERED BY THE FLOWERS, EVEN THOUGH SHE HASN'T BEEN ON THE AIRWAVES IN DECADES, HER INFLUENCE IS FELT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO DESCRIBE HER EFFORTS HERE IS WE KIND OF CALL HER THE FIRST OPRAH SHE CREATED. THAT TYPE OF DAYTIME TALK TELEVISION SHOW THAT OPRAH PERFECTED AND EVERYBODY KNOWS. SO HER LEGACY LIVES ON BY THOSE NICE DAYTIME TV TALK SHOWS WHERE THEY INTERVIEW PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE THE ENTERTAINMENT AND JUST APPLY TO A WIDE VARIETY OF INTERESTS. JUST AN AMAZING LEGACY. RUTH LYONS, WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE DONATED TO OUR RUTH LYONS CHILDREN'S FUND THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. NOW YOU CAN DO THAT BY SCANNING THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN, AND YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO GIVE AGAIN. YOU CAN ALSO SEND TO POST OFFICE BOX 59, CINCINNATI 45 202. WELL, THANKS FOR JOINING US. THAT DOES IT FOR THIS EDITION OF LET'S TALK CINCY. I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF LET'S TALK. HAVE A GOOD DAY AND A BETTER DAY TOMORROW. IF ASHLEY IS AVAILABLE, LET ME