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John W. "Dude" Walker |
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Dude Walker gets ready to spin another "WAKY
Oldie" |
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"WAKY's John W. Walker, Kentuckiana chairman
for St. Jude Hospital, shown counting part of the Ten Thousand Dollars
donated last weekend. WAKY thanks all who helped the Dude help St.
Jude." |
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Dude Walker on the air at the Big 79 |
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Dude Walker (1970) |
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Dude Walker emcees a dance at the VFW hall
in St. Matthews. |
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Dude Walker with the WAKY Wart Hogs |
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Dude Walker
(April 1973) |
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Dude Walker
(April 1973) |
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Dude Walker
(July 1973) "Dig it Louisville!"
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Dude Walker takes a pause for the cause.
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Why is Dude Walker smiling? Because he knows
he has the deepest voice on Louisville radio! |
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Dude Walker (1973) |
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WAKY's Dude Walker pulls another "Town
(Beep-Beep) & Country (Banjo Lick) Ford" spot. |
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Dude Walker hosting WLKY-TV's "Dialing For
Dollars" |
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This 1974 photo was taken at Eastern High
School in Middletown
just a few weeks before Dude Walker left WAKY. |
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This painting of Dude Walker hung in the
WAKY lobby. |
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Monkey Meeks, the Louisville band that Dude
Walker managed. Second from left is Becky Hall, who worked at WAKY. To the
right of her is Steven Lee Cook, WAKY's Weekend Warrior. |
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Dude Walker left WAKY in 1974 to go to CHUM in Toronto. |
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WMAQ publicity card for Dude Walker, a couple of
gigs post-WAKY |
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Dude Walker later had a successful TV career as a weatherman for WREG-TV in Memphis, under the airname he previously used in Memphis radio, Johnny Dark. |
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Dude Walker (a.k.a. Johnny Dark) and son
Robert on the weather set at WREG-TV in Memphis |
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Post-radio photo of
Dude Walker on Bourbon Street in New Orleans |
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On the left is a '60s or '70s photo of
wrestler Sputnik Monroe, Dude Walker's godfather. Sputnik appeared at
several of WAKY's "Tuesday Night Wrestling" events. On the right in a May
2005 photo of Dude and Sputnik. Dude writes: "Sputnik was inducted into
the Memphis Rock and Soul museum along with Elvis, Jerry Lee, Johnny Cash,
Carl Perkins, etc. Thursday, he and I were inducted into the 7th Inning
Sports Museum here in Memphis. Sputnik wrestled
his last match at age 70 in Houston, Texas and went out a winner." |
