Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 48

Saturday January 20 1996 Lexington HerauLeader Lexington Ky Toow Today KRUSER: WKQQ crew to be replaced HIP JOYNT: Bar-deli-art gallery opens Sterling said he does not exy pect to foil no stranger to long hours on the job and lining up future exhibits arid events He also said that he and Weir did not have to go into debt to open Hip Joynt so they don't have the overhead most other businesses have to contend with at the outset He hopes that will make the place profitable in a shorter time v- continues to admire said: is a great story of American entrepreneurship No one gave them anything to open it Jade and Bob both worked hard to get to where they are now" There are lots of bars and galleries in the Vicinity but other gallery owners do not see Hip Joynt as unwanted competition welcomehim to said Katie Baroni owner of the Kentucky Gallary of Fine Crafts and Art at 139 West Short Street good to see people taking risks and it would be great if we could get more things like this But Baroni warned that opening a business requires a kit of planning and financial support until it is established hope he's done his marketing research If he he'll close in three months" will defect to WLRO-1015 FM the rock roll oldies station that has Don Edwards as a morning personality hope so we certainly hope said Damon Moberly program director for WLRO There are a number of theories among radio people about why WKQQ ended and For now no one at WKQQ is saying anything beyond the news release Brett and Faulconer were both told when they were let go that WKQQ was worried that another station would pick up eroding WKQQ's ratings Brett said he also thought that it was the result of though the station is still a major player in die morning Other radio people think it is because Village Communications thought the and show might have run its course or perhaps that Krusenklaus was unhappy when Village Communications brought in WXZZ-1033 FM a new modern rock station that might erode some of his listenership especially among younger listeners Krusenklaus hopes to continue to work in Lexington radio and some stations have already approached him Faulconer a longtime local TV personality began doing weather from his home for WKQQ nine years ago Brett who also works part time as a reporter at WLEX-TV (Channel 18) is hoping to expand his role at Channel 18 Kessler is kxiking into staying with Village Communications perhaps as an on-air personality at WXZZ all in a state of Faulconer said is a legend in his own time he's a fixture When I was talking to him (Thursday) I almost broke Marema the group's development director comes at a critical time when we're creating ways to sustain the organization in increasingly difficult times and finding alternative sources of Appalshop is involved in a broad range of activities including video-making and filmmak FRom Page 3 behind the But he want to make the same mistakes he made at Artville so he decided on the bar-deli to make Hip Joynt the gathering place for artists writers and poets he hopes it will become Opening Hip Joynt took 13 months and Sterling had to recruit two partners along the way Contractor am) longtime friend Bob Weir agreed to buy equipment and materials and foe up the rented space The third person is a silent partner Bruce Burris an artist who had a show at Artville and who APPALSHOP: Group gets challenge grant From Page 3 1 with the resulting $1 million to be added to the endowment the Appalshop Production and Education Fund The fund now has $16 million in it from a National Endowment for the Arts challenge grant in the late 1980s Earnings from the NEH grant will be used exclusively for humanities programming including films exhibits public forums and other projects aimed at preserving Appalachian heritage very excited about the opportunity that this presents for Appalshop's said Tim The fate of our planet is in their hands froiiLt -W- From Page 3 Krusenklaus had been with WKQQ since 1978 and had been its morning disc jockey since 1961 He was let go Thursday afternoon along with the other members of the and morning show including newsman John Wesley Brett weatherman Frank Faulconer and Tony Kessler best known for his platform vigils for the University of Kentucky football team The and crew will be replaced by a highly rated syndicated comedy talk show from Indianapolis WKQQ began playing highlights from the show yesterday The show will go live on WKQQ in early February was totally Krusenklaus said did not see it coming" Keith Yarber executive vice (resident of Village Communications and general manager of WKQQ announced the changes in a news release of us are enormously grateful to Dave for his many contributions and will wish him all the best Yarber said Krusenklaus in addition to being the cornerstone of the morning show was also operations manager and a vice president of Village Communications which owns the station Other stations predicted a strong response from pro-Kruser factions Krusenklaus said he had heard that phones were ringing off the hook at the station hard to tell what kind of backlash going to said Dale program director and morning show personality at MXL-945 FM had been the focal point of their The Tom" show is all talk with song parodies and the ik very malc-oricntcd and a little on the blue side What's been on Double is nothing compared to what this show Some radio folks are speculating that some listeners those who want to hear music not talk Iff Hi And he did ask for advice from other art dealers but he seems skeptical about what he was told: dealers say they have to mail out invitations to get 200 people at a reception At Artville I would mail out 200 and get a crowd of 400 News traveled by word of Sterling is nothing if not optimistic people know they'll have fun" he said will turn ing music and storytelling festivals visual art exhibits recordings theater and a radio station WMMT-887 FM The Appalshop grant was one of 236 new 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