There are 5 article(s) tagged Ron Olson:

• November 2024

  • Calkins: For 50 years, Ron Olson has been keeping us laughing

    Ron Olson celebrated 50 years in Memphis radio at the beginning of November. How has he done it? By making us laugh.

    By Geoff Calkins November 10, 2024

• July 2024

  • Memphis Botanic Garden art auction has people buying blind

    Buyers don’t find out who created their piece until after they purchase it. The Botanic Garden will host a party Sunday, July 28, at the conclusion of the auction. 

    By King Jemison July 25, 2024

  • Calkins: A story about Ron Olson, pneumonia, a painting — and so many cats.

    Olson thought he was giving away a painting of a cat. Instead, he tapped into a massive, enthusiastic and wonderfully supportive cat community he didn’t know existed before.

    By Geoff Calkins July 10, 2024

• October 2023

  • Ron Olson explores ‘The Art of Radio’ with Botanic Garden exhibit

    His artwork, instantly recognizable, features a stylized guitar with an offbeat lyric that, at one point or another, went straight to his heart.

    By Jane Roberts October 03, 2023

• April 2023

  • Jack Parnell, with a voice for the ages, dies at 84

    He was the morning drive-time voice on WHBQ from 1958 to 1971. 

    By Jane Roberts April 28, 2023