KUTE 102's Urban Adult Contemporary format would last until 1987, when the station was sold to Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasting, who would later replace it with an eclectic Rock format.

Gene Autry's number 26 was retired by the California Angels in 1992.

The number 26 ( as in 26th man ) was retired by the Angels in Autry's honor.

Gene Autry's film The Big Show was filmed on location and shows many of the buildings and events of the event.

The success of The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin caused the cancellation of Gene Autry's The Adventures of Champion on CBS, which was replaced on February 10, 1956, by My Friend Flicka.

Mr. Autry's first term was from January 2001 to January 2005.

Some were childhood reminiscences, such as Gene Autry's recording " Rancho Grande " from which one of the guitar lines in " Veteran's Day Poppy " was adapted, or the " Shortnin ' Bread " melody used in " Pachuco Cadaver ".

the station became an exclusive CBS affiliate and was now able to feature Autry's show Gene Autry's Melody Ranch on its schedule.

It was written after the success of Autry's recording of " Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer " the previous year ; Rollins and Nelson shipped the new song to Autry, who recorded " Frosty " in search of another seasonal hit.

The daytime broadcast was all business while evening hours were filled by subscription television from VEU, a program service owned by Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters.

When WCXI-AM was sold by Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters to Shamrock Broadcasting, Shamrock's Detroit station W4 Country took over the event.

When the station was sold to Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation ( now Univision Radio ) in 1997, it was the last station owned by Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters.

* May – Gene Autry's Melody Ranch, a CBS Radio Sunday evening program on the air since 1940 ( except for a hiatus from 1942 – 45 ), ends its run.

However, politics and bureaucracy from Autry's political opponents can also be blamed for the Parks slow rise.

The first Flash Gordon serial from 1936 had an unusually large budget for a serial of the time, and Gene Autry's The Phantom Empire from 1935 can loosely be considered a science fiction musical serial.

Champion also had his own comic book, Gene Autry's Champion, published by Dell Comics from 1951 to 1955, which continued as Gene Autry and Champion from 1955 to 1959.

In 1957, Gene Autry's record label, Challenge Records, signed Dave Burgess ( born 1934 ), a rockabilly singer-songwriter from California who often recorded under the name " Dave Dupree.

The chosen number reflected that baseball's rosters are 25-man strong, so Autry's unflagging support for his team made him the 26th member.

During Autry's ownership, the team made the playoffs three times, but never won the pennant.

Disney would acquire the remaining share of the team in, less than a year after Gene Autry's death.

Formed by studio executives at Gene Autry's Challenge Records

Gene Autry's recording of the song hit # 1 on the U. S. charts the week of Christmas 1949.

Autry's recording sold 2. 5 million copies the first year, eventually selling a total of 25 million, and it remained the second best-selling record of all time until the 1980s.

The ranch has Melody Ranch Museum open year-round ; and one weekend a year the entire ranch is open to the public during the Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival, another legacy of Autry's multi-talents.

From 1940 to 1956, Autry had a huge hit with a weekly show on CBS Radio, Gene Autry's Melody Ranch.

Few are aware of Autry's longtime involvement in professional rodeo.

Numerous " B " Westerns and TV shows were shot there during Autry's ownership, including the initial years of Gunsmoke with James Arness.

Melody Ranch burned down in 1962, dashing Autry's plans to turn it into a museum.

It survives as a movie location today as well as the home of the City of Santa Clarita's annual Cowboy Festival, where Autry's legacy takes center stage.

Sigmon resumed his job in Los Angeles after the war, rising to the position of Executive Vice President with Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters, which owned eight radio and two television stations on the west coast, including KMPC.

Autry's Museum of the American West is located near the interchange in Griffith Park.

Hale's first important roles were as a member of Gene Autry's recurring cast of players.

Jake Kincaid is Autry's directorial debut.

During his college career, Dr. Clark was captain of his basketball team and was a football letterman.

Skorich, who is 39 years old, played football at Cincinnati University and then had a three-year professional career as a lineman under Jock Sutherland with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Initially his mother was reluctant to let him commit to an insecure football career, so he began an apprenticeship as an electrical engineer ; however he went on to turn professional in October 1954.

* Cyril Domoraud ( b. 1971 ), Ivorian football player ( senior career 1992 – 2008 ) who played for the Côte d ' Ivoire national team ( 1995 – 2006 )

In February 2004, Valderrama ended his 22-year career in a tribute match at the Metropolitan stadium of Barranquilla, with some of the most important football players of South America, such as Diego Maradona, Enzo Francescoli and José Luis Chilavert.

Even that was bittersweet as he quit VFL football to move back to his native Western Australia, where Moss finished out his career as a player and coach at Claremont Football Club.

Lineker began his football career at Leicester City and became known as a prolific goalscorer ; despite failing to score in his first ten games, he finished as the First Division's joint top goalscorer in 1984 – 85 and earned his first England cap.

Following retirement from professional football, he developed a career in the media, initially on BBC Radio 5 Live and as a football pundit before replacing Des Lynam as the BBC's anchorman for football coverage, including their flagship football television programme Match of the Day, and as a team captain on the acerbic sports game show, They Think It's All Over from 1995 to 2003, where he was heavily ( though affectionately ) ridiculed for being a " goal hanger ", described as " lethal from twelve inches " – a parody of Lineker's short-range scoring prowess.

His success on the football field led to several football scholarship offers, which he turned down to pursue a career in professional baseball.

A talented footballer as well as cricketer, Botham had to choose very early in his career whether to play professional football or cricket.

At one point during his career, in an effort to get fit after an injury, in March 1980 he joined the football club Scunthorpe United, where he played as a centre half and made 11 appearances in the Football League.

After Muir, Robinson attended Pasadena Junior College ( PJC ), where he continued his athletic career by participating in basketball, football, baseball, and track.

By that time, however, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor had taken place, drawing the United States into World War II and ending Robinson's nascent football career.

Malmö FF is the club where Zlatan Ibrahimović began his professional football career.

A three-sport letterman, football, particularly, stuck with Wismer who went on to play for the University of Florida and Michigan State before a knee injury ended his playing career.

In addition he set the pro football record of consecutive games with a reception ( 96 ) during his career.

After two years, an injury shortened his football career and he transferred to the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.

He gave up a promising football career to marry his love Audrey ( Robin Wright Penn ) after they were involved in an auto accident.

In 2006, a special production run of 2. 5 million bottles celebrated the career of Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer, who had recently broken the club's scoring record and was about to retire from football.

Due to a serious hip injury along with other injuries in his junior football career, he was not selected until pick number 79, Essendon's 7th and one of the last in the draft.

Following Hird's retirement as a player from the Bombers at the end of the 2007 AFL season, he became a commentator and football analyst for Australian rules football on Fox Sports, a position which he held until he began his coaching career at the end of 2010.