37 Facts About Randy Atcher

Randall Ignatius Atcher was a Louisville, Kentucky, radio and television personality.

Randy Atcher played guitar, mandolin, banjo, double bass and harmonica and was often heard with his musical "Randy Atcher Family" on WHAS AM radio in Louisville.

Randy Atcher was the fifth child of Mary Agnes and George Christopher Atcher.

Randy Atcher's family moved to North Dakota, then back to Kentucky when he was twelve.

Randy Atcher played guitar, mandolin, banjo, double bass and harmonica and was often heard with his musical "Randy Atcher Family" on WHAS AM radio in Louisville.

Randy Atcher became a prolific entertainer at WHAS Radio and TV in Louisville.

Randy Atcher's children's show T-Bar-V Ranch aired every day at 4:00pm.

On Saturdays, Randy Atcher did the WHAS Old Kentucky Barn Dance that aired Saturdays from 6:00pm to 7:00pm and the Country Record Shop show from 7:30pm to 8:30pm.

Randy Atcher's popular barn dance show was a featured attraction for two Saturday nights at the Kentucky State Fair.

Randy Atcher did not return to college, having decided to continue in entertainment.

Later in 1937, Randy Atcher joined the hillbilly radio troupe "Uncle Henry and His Kentucky Mountaineers".

Randy Atcher won slots performing on WJJD and WBBM and became a local star; he recorded occasionally with his older brother, Bob Atcher.

In 1941, Randy Atcher joined his brother Bob and Bob's wife Laurena Applegate, known as "Bonnie Blue Eyes" as "The Western Trio" on Ben Bernie's Just Entertainment program.

Randy Atcher signed a solo recording contract with MGM Records and recorded many songs with his brother Bob for Columbia Records.

Randy Atcher was heard and seen multiple times per day and per week with many different radio and later television shows.

Randy Atcher performed at many local venues, singing and playing western music.

In 1946, Randy Atcher was hired as station musical director, helping sign WFRP AM radio on the air in Savannah, Georgia.

Randy Atcher left WHAS AM, moving in April, 1948 to WGRC AM.

Randy Atcher worked there as a disk jockey hosting his country music themed "Randy A Show".

Randy Atcher's shift featured country music, from 8am until 12 Noon, Monday through Friday.

Randy Atcher asked WKLO to pay him what they were paying another announcer, Foster Brooks.

Randy Atcher knew WKLO was paying Brooks' both a salary as well as paying his alimony.

In 1950 through 1951, Randy Atcher was a performer on the WHAS AM radio program "Circle Star Ranch".

Randy Atcher appeared on WHAS TV's first television broadcast day in Louisville on March 27,1950.

In 1950, Randy Atcher formed a new band, the Red River Rangers, who performed on every T-Bar-V Ranch show.

Randy Atcher starred in Hayloft Hoedown, a weekly, Friday evening country music variety show that premiered on WHAS TV in June 1951.

Randy Atcher was joined by his sidekick Tom "Cactus" Brooks and the Red River Ramblers.

Randy Atcher wrote the theme song for WHAS TV's T-Bar-V Ranch.

Originally, Randy Atcher sang the traditional "Happy Birthday" song on "T-Bar-V", paying ASCAP for each singing of it.

Randy Atcher wrote his own birthday song for the program and the station did not have to pay for each performance of the new song.

Many of Randy Atcher's songs were used on the WHAS-TV programs.

Randy Atcher wore a custom "Nudie" suit, made by the famous country-western tailor, Nudie Cohn.

Randy Atcher's suit is on display in the Kentucky Historical Society's permanent exhibit.

Randy Atcher narrated over 600 non-fiction books over a 40-year period for Louisville's American Printing House for the Blind.

Randy Atcher was a favorite regular performer on the annual Louisville fund-raising telethon WHAS Crusade for Children.

Randy Atcher's body was buried at Evergreen Mausoleum in Louisville, Kentucky.

The book was produced from a series of nine recordings of Randy Atcher's memoirs taped in 1969 through 2002 and transcribed by Hall and Swem.