Changes

As the music format changed to talk radio, both Hathwawy and Ware were considered "[[politically incorrect]]." ''The San Antonio Express-News'' compared Hathaway to a local version of national personality Wolfman Jack with thick black hair and a trimmed beard. Margaret Mose, formerly a columnist for ''The Austin Chronicle'' in the capital city of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], called Hathaway "one of a kind, a true Texas legend. His voice is the soundtrack of my teen years."<ref name=saen>Hector Saldana and Jeanne Jakle, "S.A. radio legend Hathaway dies at 78." ''San Antonio Express-News,'' January 29, 2017, p. A3, A4.</ref> Former KTSA disc jockey J. J. Rodriguez said he would never "forget working all nights, and Hathaway was the morning man" in the 1970s and 1980s. Rodriguez said that Hathaway was also encouraging him in his career development: "if I had to sum him up in one word, it would be 'kindness' ... We need more Bruce Hathaways in this world."<ref name=saen/>

As the music format changed to talk radio, both Hathwawy and Ware were considered "[[politically incorrect]]." ''The San Antonio Express-News'' compared Hathaway to a local version of national personality Wolfman Jack with thick black hair and a trimmed beard. Margaret Mose, formerly a columnist for ''The Austin Chronicle'' in the capital city of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], called Hathaway "one of a kind, a true Texas legend. His voice is the soundtrack of my teen years."<ref name=saen>Hector Saldana and Jeanne Jakle, "S.A. radio legend Hathaway dies at 78." ''San Antonio Express-News,'' January 29, 2017, p. A3, A4.</ref> Former KTSA disc jockey J. J. Rodriguez said he would never "forget working all nights, and Hathaway was the morning man" in the 1970s and 1980s. Rodriguez said that Hathaway was also encouraging him in his career development: "if I had to sum him up in one word, it would be 'kindness' ... We need more Bruce Hathaways in this world."<ref name=saen/>

Sports reporter Gary DeLaune of KENS-TV, the [[CBS]] affiliate in San Antonio, said that Hathaway "knew more about San Antonio music history than anyone I ever met. Celebrities loved him. [[Ringo Starr]] called him every year on his birthday." DeLaune hosted with Hathaway a Saturday morning program called ''Happy Days'' on San Antonio radio 810 AM.<ref name=saen/> In the early 1980s, Hathaway partnered with Blanquita Cullum on ''The Bruce & Blanquita Show'' on KTSA. Cullum called him "truly bigger than life ... He had so many stories to share about the people he had known, [[John Wayne]], [[Roy Orbison]], and [[Kenny Rogers]].<ref name=saen/>

Sports reporter [[Gary DeLaune]] of KENS-TV, the [[CBS]] affiliate in San Antonio, said that Hathaway "knew more about San Antonio music history than anyone I ever met. Celebrities loved him. [[Ringo Starr]] called him every year on his birthday." DeLaune hosted with Hathaway a Saturday morning program called ''Happy Days'' on San Antonio radio 810 AM.<ref name=saen/> In the early 1980s, Hathaway partnered with Blanquita Cullum on ''The Bruce & Blanquita Show'' on KTSA. Cullum called him "truly bigger than life ... He had so many stories to share about the people he had known, [[John Wayne]], [[Roy Orbison]], and [[Kenny Rogers]].<ref name=saen/>

Music writer Joe Nick Patoski said that Hathaway "was so much more than a San Antonio radio disc hockey. Bruce was San Antonio."<ref name=saen/>

Music writer Joe Nick Patoski said that Hathaway "was so much more than a San Antonio radio disc hockey. Bruce was San Antonio."<ref name=saen/>