Do you remember Hiney Wine?
A Clearwater local named Tom (T.J.) Donnelly has had a very interesting career. He graduated from CHS in 1960, from SPJC in 1965 and then received his Marketing/Advertising degree from Memphis State in 1968 before moving on to make a name for himself in the radio and advertising world.
He owns and manages WEST END MEDIA GROUP, a Dallas, TX ad agency that specializes in placing barter ad programs for amusement parks, aquariums and water parks. Since starting his agency in 1981, he has handled over $400 million in advertising campaigns for TWA, Rodeway Inns, Holiday Inns, Universal Studios, Paramount, SeaWorld, The San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau and numerous other clients. His current roster of clients includes Six Flags and Premier Parks. He has served on the boards of several charitable and marketing organizations. Probably the most interesting thing he has done is partner with Country Music Association Major Market DJ of the Year, Terry Dorsey to syndicate the radio’s most successful comedy feature, HINEY WINE. Donnelly was the General Manager of KPLX and KLIF in Dallas and hired Dorsey to do the morning show at KPLX. Donnelly syndicated the comedy feature to 725 radio stations in the US and Canada. The mythical winery owned by Big Red and Thor Hiney, has been the subject of hundreds of television and newspaper stories and has won several national awards. Over a million Hiney Wine apparel and merchandise items have been sold. Hiney Wine aired in the Tampa Bay Area on Q105’s famous Morning Zoo featuring Scott Shannon and Cleveland Wheeler. It also aired via syndication for10 years on Y100 in Miami, KIIS FM in Los Angeles on the Rick Dees Morning Show, and on KPLX and KSCS in Dallas.
Recently, Dave Skylar, a Los Angeles radio personality added a HINEY WINE video interview of Donnelly on his YouTube channel called RADIO MEMORIES. It is pretty funny and I hope you will enjoy it, So, find some time to relax with an ice-cold Hiney, a Dry Hiney, or another beverage of your choice and learn about things no one ever told you about selling Hiney for fun and profit.
http://$417 Million in Advertising Placed for Creative Marketers Video: Media Services on Barter for Amusement and Theme Parks The AMAZING story of the HINEY WINERY Video: Hiney WIne, the most successful short-form comedy feature in the history of radio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5sSfS_9xy4&t=1870s
