My future Travel Plans for the nearer future (as of the time of writing this post) are to travel to North Carolina to visit with my friend and former ABC Executive Allen Shaw, to visit Ray Evernham and his Administrative Assistant Det Cullum, to visit with Richard Childress and his Administrative Assistant Sandra Robertson, to visit with Rick Hendrick and his Administrative Assistant, to visit with Jack Roush and his Administrative Assistant Donna Moretz, to visit with Dale Earnhardt Jr., his Administrative Assistant Wendy Impagliazzo, and his sister Kelley Earnhardt-Miller, to visit with Tony Stewart and his Administrative Assistant, to visit WBT-AM, WBTV-TV, and my friends over there Shelly Hill-Crawford and Mike Schaefer; visit the Studios of Cox-owned and operated WSOC-AM-FM-TV, to visit former Jefferson-Pilot Communications, WBT-AM-FM and WBTV employees Bob Lacey and Sheri Lynch at WKQC-FM, and to also visit the Studios of WRAL-FM and TV in Raleigh, North Carolina.

In the more distant future, in part and parcel to acquiring a Motorhome like those I’ve written about in these earlier posts The Things That Matter The Most To Have In Order To Have A Happy And Successful Life and The Things I Am Most Excited About For The Future; I plan on traveling in this Motorhome to the destinations transcribed below in this post.

We plan on traveling to the vicinity of Brockville, Ontario, Canada to visit with the widow of Don McGowan of CFCF-TV, Rosemarie McGowan.

We plan on traveling to Vermont in order to attend a Gilligan Family Reunion at Shannon’s house, to visit Ken Squier at whichever Nursing Home he could be living in at any given moment, and to also visit Bill Haugland; who had worked as the lead Anchor at CFCF-TV, and for a time as a Radio Newsman at CFCF-AM and CFQR-FM (nee CFCF-FM) in Montreal alongside Don McGowan, who, in turn; had worked as a Weatherman before you needed a College Degree, and have an understanding of how all of the Doppler and Weather Tracking equipment works; and as a Host of Talk Shows and Game Shows that were produced by CFCF-TV and carried nationally in Canada by the CTV Television Network. Bill Haugland became a Book Author upon his retirement from CFCF-TV in circa 2005-2006.

We plan on traveling to Martha’s Vineyard to visit with Bob Vila, Marc Brown, and their wives Diana Barrett and Laurene “Laurie” Krasny-Brown.

While in the Boston-Martha’s Vineyard-Cape Cod area, we would also plan on visiting the Studios of WBZ-AM-TV, WRK0-AM-TV, WCGY-AM, WMEX-AM, WHDH-AM, and WEEI-AM-FM.

We plan on traveling to Western Massachusetts (near the Vermont and New York State borders) to visit with former CBS Sports President Neal Pilson (who had spearheaded CBS’s purchase of the Television Rights to NASCAR, the overall concept of flag-to-flag coverage of a NASCAR Race, had hired Ken Squier to call the NASCAR Races that CBS had televised, and had served as Ken’s boss for much of Ken’s time at CBS) in the Town of Richmond, Massachusetts.

We plan on traveling to the Troy area in New York to visit the Studio and Transmitter Site of WGY-AM, and GE’s Shortwave Radio Stations WGEO-SW, WGEA-SW, and WGEX-SW. the Shortwave Radio Stations left this Transmitter Site after 1963, when the Federal Government took them over on behalf of the Voice of America; and moved operations of them, in addition to CBS and NBC’s Shortwave Transmitter Sites to a newer Shortwave Transmitter Site in Greenville, North Carolina that the Government built in the early ‘60’s.

We plan on traveling to the Dayton and Cincinnati areas in Ohio to attend the Dayton Ham Radio Convention-the biggest in the entire country, to visit the WLW-AM Transmitter Site; and to also visit the Crosley Shortwave Transmitter Site (which, like GE, CBS, and NBC’s Shortwave Transmitter Sites; were also taken over by the Government in 1963, except the Crosley site stayed put while the others were moved to and consolidated in Greenville, NC) that has since been converted into a Museum that is open to the Public.

See these earlier posts: A Photograph Of The Blaw-Knox Diamond-Shaped Tower Of WLW-AM, And Powell Crosley At The Controls For The 500 Kilowatt Transmitter Of WLW-AM, Brochure From The 1960’s On The Crosley Corporation, WLW-AM, And WLWT-TV, T3 Transporter/Vanagon Located Near The Crosley/VOA Bethany Transmitter Site And The WLW-AM Mason Transmitter Site, and The Recent Death Of Jerry Springer (As Of The Time Of Writing This Post).

We plan on traveling to the Baltimore-D.C area to receive a Tour of Maryland Public Television, visit with John Davis, the Host and Founder of MotorWeek (and talk with John about his career in both the Broadcasting and Stock Market industries, or in other words; his Broadcasting, Stock Market, and Automotive Hats; him having started at MPT as a Producer of Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser (also originated from MPT, and carried nationally by PBS), his time working at the NBC affiliate in Chapel Hill, North Carolina while still at Student at the University of North Carolina; and how I would personally run General Motors), to visit with the host of the PBS Television Program ‘To The Contrary’ Hosted By Bonnie Erbe and talk with her about her time working for NBC News, about how To The Contrary since its inception in March, 1992 has always been such a darn good quality show; and how neither she nor I can really tolerate modern life and modern society, to drive by the House in Governor’s Run, Maryland that had served as Harrison Ford and Anne Archer’s House in Patriot Games; and to visit the Studios of WMAL-AM, WRQX-FM (nee WMAL-FM), and WJLA-TV (nee WMAL-TV), WRC-TV, WRC-AM, WKYS-FM (nee WRC-FM), WUSA-TV (which the Detroit News had literally traded WWJ-TV for, resulting in Post-Newsweek receiving WWJ-TV and changing the Call Letters from WWJ-TV to WDIV, and the Detroit News receiving WUSA-TV when it was WTOP-TV, changed the Call Letters to WDVM-TV, and even later to the current WUSA-TV Call Letters), WTOP-AM, WHUR-FM (nee WTOP-FM), and WASH-FM (nee W3XL).

See this earlier post regarding John Davis: MotorWeek Host John Davis’s Employment With Maryland Public Television.

See this earlier post regarding the Motion Picture adaptation of Patriot Games, and the House that was utilized as Dr. Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) and Mrs./Dr. Catherine Ryan’s (Anne Archer) House in this Movie: Clancy wants no credit for ‘Patriot Games’ film Author says script diverges from novel – Baltimore Sun.

We plan on traveling to the areas of LeClaire, Iowa; and Nashville, Tennessee to visit with one of the founders of the Picking business “Antique Archaeology”, and star of the History Cable Channel Reality Television Show “American Pickers”, Mike Wolfe.

While in the Nashville area, we also plan on visiting the Studios of WSM-AM-FM, WSMV-TV (formerly WSM-TV), WLAC-AM-FM, WSIX-AM-FM, and WKRN-TV (formerly WSIX-TV) and the Transmitter Site of WSM-AM.

We plan on traveling to the area of Suwanee, Georgia to visit with the star of the A&E Cable Channel “Hoarders”, and the PBS Reality Television Show “Legacy List”, Matt Paxton.

We plan on traveling to the Mt. Pleasant area in Michigan only to visit with Dr. Pol and his wife Diane. See this earlier post A Veterinarian And His Wife In Mid-Michigan.

We plan on traveling to the municipalities whose Police Departments are the subjects of the Reality Television Show “The First 48”, such as Tulsa, Oklahoma; Mobile, Alabama; Dallas, Texas; Harris County, Texas; Louisville, Kentucky; New Orleans, Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia; Gwinnett County, Georgia; Broward County, Florida; and Kansas City, Kansas.

While at these Police Departments, we will try to get many of these dynamic, progressive, athletic, and in most cases-modernist Detective Guys the thing that I have about hair, how much I don’t like change, and how much more important the Automotive world, Ham Radio, and Commercial Broadcast Radio all are than Sports and Fitness.

We would also like to try to get Basketball Player, Baseball Player, Athletic Trainer, Personal Trailer, And Former Homicide Detective With The Tulsa, Oklahoma Police Department Who Was Featured On The Reality Television Program “The First 48” Matt Frazier who had left the Tulsa Police Department, and the profession of Policing as a whole in 2016; to understand the thing that I have about air, how much I don’t like change, and how much more important the Automotive world, Ham Radio, and Commercial Broadcast Radio all are than Sports and Fitness.

While in Atlanta, we would also plan on visiting the Studios of WAGA-TV, WSB-AM-FM-TV, and WQXI-FM.

While in Dallas, we would plan on visiting the Studios of WBAP-TV, KSCS-FM (nee WBAP-FM), KXAS-TV (nee WBAP-TV), WFAA-TV, KRLD-AM-FM, KDFW-TV (nee KRLD-TV), KTCK-AM, WRR-FM, KLIF-AM, and KBFB-FM (nee WFAA-FM).

While in Harris County, Texas; we would plan on visiting the Studios of KXYZ-AM, KAUM-FM (nee KXYZ-FM), KTRK-TV, WOAI-AM-TV, KAJA-FM (nee WOAI-FM), KTRH-AM, KBME-AM, KLAT-AM, KODA-FM, and KPRC-AM-TV.

While in Kansas City, Kansas; we would be taking a daytrip to Topeka to visit the Studio of WIBW-AM-TV, and KKSU-AM.

We also plan on traveling to the Hampton Roads area in Virginia to visit with Dan Short, and to also go to Radio and Television Stations in the Hampton Roads area.

See this earlier post: Founder And Proprietor Of The Automotive Restoration Business Fantom Works In The Hampton Roads Area Of Virginia, Dan Short.

If we ever travel to North Carolina in this Motorhome that I would like to acquire, in addition to the people we plan on visiting in the nearer future while not possessing a Motorhome, we would also visit the Police Department of the City of Charlotte, North Carolina; mainly to visit with the Detectives of the Charlotte Police Department who are the subject of the Reality Television Program “The First 48”.