Joedy “Big Daddy” Linneman

Announcer 1961-64

Joedy Linneman – 1961-64

Known on the KATI airwaves as “Big Daddy” Joedy Linneman, he worked there in the early days of the station primarily doing his program from a drive-in restaurant called “The Dump.” He did his nightly show from a little shack known as the “KATI Kaboose” on the corner of 2nd & Jackson.

Joedy got his start at 15, working at KWIV in Douglas., He came to Casper after graduating from high school and a six-month stent in the National Guard. When he arrived he worked for a time at the Gambles store, but soon turned his sights back on radio. He applied at KATI and was hired by Bill Yeager.

Not long after coming on board, he was assigned the night-time duty of doing his show from the new KATI KABOOSE. This four by six broadcast booth was permanently situated at a drive-in restaurant called “The Dump.” During his time at KATI, “Big Daddy” Linneman made national news from the KATI Kaboose, on the Labor Day weekend of 1962, when he stayed on the air continuously for nearly 85-hours, a national record at the time.

After leaving KATI in 1964, Joedy worked for KLZ-FM in Denver for about a year before moving from there into hotel management. Linneman moved to California in the 70’s where he worked hotel management and later commercial home construction material sales. Joedy is retired and currently makes his home in California with his wife Kathleen.

Joedy’s Theme song was a piece by Ray Anthony & His Bookends. It was an adaptation of Buddy Morrow’s “Night Train” called the “Night Train Twist.”

Joedy Linneman

Joedy Linneman – 1959, a Junior at Douglas High School picture. Known on the KATI airwaves as “Big Daddy” Linneman, he worked there in the early days of the station in 1962-63. Joedy got started early in radio working at KWIV, the Douglas, Wyoming radio station at the age of 15. During his time at KATI, “Big Daddy” Linneman made national news on the Labor Day weekend of 1962 when he stayed on the air continuously for over 86-hours, a national record at the time. Joedy currently makes his home in California with his wife Kathleen.