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In 2002, the third annual Christmas call-in show was covered by CMT and broadcast in 2003 (and 2004):
A CMT film crew was in Anadarko, Ok this past Friday and Saturday (Dec 20 & 21st) at the KJON studios at 102 East Central, to film the 3rd Annual "Keepin' It Cowboy" Call-in Christmas Show for a CMT Christmas Special that will air in the 2003 holiday season. Pre-show interviews were done on Friday with "Keepin' It Cowboy" host Jo Hargrave and guest cowboy poet Jay Snider. Jo says, "I think we were able to give them an idea of what we do, our heritage, and how passionate we are about it."
Saturdays in-studio guests, Tim Graham of Weatherford, Tx, Lanny Joe Burnett of Bonham, Tx, Hank Elling of Cache, Ok, Jay Snider of Cyril, Ok, Chuck Milner of Reydon, Ok, Ginnymac of Ft. Worth, Tx rode through downtown Anadarko and were delivered to the studio in a covered wagon pulled by Belgian horses provided by Swinging T. Hitches of Comanche, Ok. Owner and driver was Steve Tevebaugh and outrider, on a mule, was his son, Dustin. In addition to filming the ride to the studio in the covered wagon and filming the in-studio guests during the show, there were callers whose poems and songs and holiday greetings also made it on film. Those were Jeff Hildebrandt, Colo., producer of the Encore/Westerns Channel, Donnie Blanz, former Nashville songwriter (co-author of "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" and many others), Bill Barwick, cowboy singer, songwriter and announcer for the Westerns Channel, Hal Swift, poet/author, J. W. Beeson, poet/author, Francine Roark Robison, Oklahoma's Official Cowboy Poet Laureate, Shawnee, Ok, Samuel Passamonte, singer/poet/author, of New York, T. J. Casey, Montana's Singing Cowboy, Janet McBride, Song of the Year Winner/WMA, Stan Parigen, Edmond, Ok, poet/author, Curly Musgrave, singer/songwriter whose song, "Cowboy True," has been featured on the Westerns Channel, Jim Gough, the voice of many western audio books and western swing performer, Larry Hannon, Garden City, Kansas radio personality/singer/songwriter, Joe Baker, producer of the Backforty Bunkhouse on KWES in Ruidoso, New Mexico, and Mike Puhallo, Kamloops, BC,Canada writer/poet, and President of the Charley Russell Western Heritage Association.
Read Jo Hargrave's poetry here.
