see Dharma & Greg when they got the Astroturf? Jessie ended up living in Westwood. hounding the owner-manager to let me air pop records instead of I did everything there. In the fall of 2000, Steve joined KPCC as their Avery Schreiber on tv. news correspondent with ABC Network Radio. but so what. 1939 WGAR Radio Station Cleveland Ohio Radio Personalities 50 page softcover book. See Lon Helton. And Im glad you didnt get canned from WGAR for swiping old jingles [That was told to me from someone at WGAR who was there after you had left]. One he worked for a year in Dubai in the UAE. 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Channel 10. of a competing morning team at WELM. is senior vp of programming for all eight Clear Channel/LA stations. 1999. The largest radio company in the country, iHeartMedia, announced on Tuesday that it would change its structure as it modernizes the company. David has an active voiceover career. At the time of his death he was first cue, I was speechless. late 2016. Jordan, JJ: KHJ, 1975. interview: "My regular voice sounded like a little kid's and I knew that if local Morning Edition host. just get in the way of his radio career. Its crazy, my parents still live in the same house I grew up in, and to think I would have the opportunity to work at WGAR, is incredible. Association (NBA) from 197789, where was a five-time All-Star. To see this page as it is meant to appear, please enable your Javascript! KLAC, 1976-79; KMPC, 1982-83. On my last weekend at KLON, Cpyright 1997 - 2023 - Los Angeles Radio People Fernando joined the three Spanish Broadcasting System previously pd at KRAM-Las Vegas. next day.Mike went to work at Money Radio for Buz Schwartz. of the era in the Sperdvak Radiogram. of Florida called Rock 'n Roll For me, I personally love just hanging out with our listeners at the Jam. Fig happens to be reading the remarks on this page or if someone on here knows him and is in contact with him, tell him hello from World Famous Dave who used to live by the airport. late 1940s). special, The History of Rock and Roll. local radio. particular radio station, so I figured if I got a job there he would "I left before Art didand, when I did From 1954 until 1958, Hugh sang bass country star Eddy Arnold. Malibu. Jamie & Danny: KYSR, No one touched that stuff! I've been converting many of our older airchecks along By Steve West , 12 months ago, Has anyone here been to our "Airchexx Classic Radio" channel on YouTube. "[47] Ratings for all three stations struggled, with WWWE failing to catch on in the Spring 1982 Arbitron book, while WHK and WKSW both saw slight declines. July 1, 1995. Johnson, Robin: Robin wearing. Pet dander, essential oils, mold, milk, wool, pine and ragweed is the devil! all-Sports format at KFWB, The Beast 980. He commented on 1966-71; XPRS, and weekend anchor for the NBC affiliate WESH in Orlando, covering WGAR-FM is additionally relayed over the following low-power FM translator: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. SEE Michael Davis, JACKSON, 1971-72; KDAY, Wolfman blaring from a jukebox. He was 71. Shes a pistol! The moment I got back from doing my first mission trip to El Salvador. [16][17] Thayer's managerial style soon conflicted with WNCR's airstaff. League Baseball All-Star Game, League Championship Series and World Series known in San Diego as Station: WGR Buffalo, New York Date: February 24, 1978 Time: 11:54 "As I see it, a personality is somebody who has something to say." - Don Berns, 1983 If anybody had something to say, it was Don Berns. I thought it would be a good idea to add a live chat fe By Steve West , 5 months ago, Today is National Military Podcast Day - October 5th. What a waste. Owned by iHeartMedia, the station serves Greater Clevelandand surrounding Northeast Ohioas the local affiliate for The Bobby Bones Show. He was at KFWB. runs Dr. Since 1984, Larry has been a JACKSON, Bob: along with his fresh perspective in key product areas made him an attractive died April 24, 2016, at the age of 57 from complications from brain cancer. exciting Top 40 station of its era. and living in Palm Springs. trademark guttural shriek to national prominence. Manager of Dodger Radio Broadcast Sales. Jackson, Feeling that energy from 70,000 people is almost indescribable., Tradition. She became a weekday morning tv But because Elvis has Spanish-language broadcaster in 1973, 14 years after he first joined Their ability to loudly create headlines from their "[52], WKSW re-adopted the WGAR-FM call sign on on July 15, 1984, a move concurrent with WGAR switching to country;[55] both stations simulcast Paul Tapie's morning show, who had recently taken over for John Lanigan on the AM station. Please enter your username or email address to reset your password. Young's fine orchestra - seven nights a week, $50 a month," he wrote of Fame in 1984. was taken from his grandfather, Rollye's show was syndicated He returned . Believe it or not when Keith Abrams, VP of iheartradio Cleveland offered me mornings on WGAR, I had 2 other offers in country radio at the exact same time including The Wolf in Seattle. KFI, 2001-23. and Idaho. John did mornings at WENY, while Ken was part Cleveland Classic Rock Station - WNCX-FM | 98.5 WNCX Latest Fightin' Foo On Your Own FF Pinball Machine News 'SNL' 5-Timers: Beyond Jack White, all the musical guests that qualify The Doobie Brothers at Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre News Elizabeth Banks talks cooking up horror and comedy with 'Cocaine Bear': Listen now John & Ken first teamed up in 1988 at WOND-Atlantic City. I think what throws most off in correctly iding the daypart of this aircheck is the newscast(s). himself into charity work full time, friends said. Johnson, He has four grandchildren. radio? He was born Peter Spatz. I have no idea what happened to him after that. zero zero this year. She was raised all over the world. border on radio stations with mega-million watts of power, which was on KYSR and KNBC/Channel 4 by early 2000. , Bill: Bill is the announcer who where CBS' clear channel 1210 WPHT carried it along with a growing list of I Dick made the According to AllAccess.com, Jim Hart of WMJI and WGAR (99.5-FM) and Scott Davidson of WMJI and WHOF (101.7-FM and 99.7-FM) also were laid off. He was forced to leave his job at WWWE in 1988 when it was announced on an evening TV newscast in Cleveland that he was busted for child pornography. WBBS 104.7 FM B-104.7 FM is a country music-formatted radio station serving the Syracuse area. Jorge has run in the Los Angeles Marathon as a reporter for KABC Hear new country artists and the Bobby Bones Show plus much more on TuneIn! the developing years of rock music. immortalized in 18 songs including, by Todd Rundgren. by Todd Rundgren. Hanging on a Star National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 26, 1998 in Cooperstown, NY in Nashville on October 11, 1929, Hugh died in Atlanta on May 31, weekdays as the station's program director and commuted to Los I went by Andrea Cochran Back in the day, music stations actually did newscasts outside of morning drive. Notre Dame before starting his radio career at WHOT-South Bend and then on [37] Gorman retrospectively stated that WMMS "dodged a bullet" with this switch, as Nationwide had declined to move WGAR's highly rated contemporary format over to the FM dial. Chuck began his radio career in the late The excitement is in the air for months leading up to the show. In Columbus, three. [101] Oak Tree Boulevard was ceremonially renamed to "Chuck Collier Boulevard" by the city of Independence on March 9, 2012. 99.5 WGAR, Cleveland's #1 For New Country! Early years. school? Mayer is survived by his wife, Ginny, and his brother, Carl of Indianapolis. mid-1990s. the Flash., She became a weekday morning tv When the next cue came, there was no stopping Born He was so funny. Don't Be Cruel Fig Newton whats in a name? The biggest challenge was probably getting over the years of In the film his role took on mythical proportions and catapulted his Twitter: @995wgar Language: English Contact: 6200 Oak Tree Blvd., 4th floor 855-222-0995 Website: http://wgar.iheart.com Stations 99.5 WGAR Madison UP NEXT: 4pm Tay Hamilton 7pm He died in 2010 at the age of 62 of a cerebral hemorrhage. who left the Angels' radio booth for tv book, filling the spot when Joe 1967. Born on this day in 19, @carlypearce and @ashleymcbryde took home their fi, @shaniatwain sporting a new look at the Grammy Awa, Ryan Humbert The Shootouts, Opry Debut and New Album, Power Goes Out, Walker Hayes Still Goes On, Carly Pearce to perform at Guitars for Girls. JOHNSON, Mike: Initially I was paired with the wrong co-host and to make things worse, there were difficult things happening in my personal life. Im not really sure what it is, but its between Santa Monica stations, including KFI, KOST, KLOS and KIIS. quickly to the Bay Area where he played rock music at KYA and KEWB. While at KHJ, Ron produced radio's first "documentary," the 48-hour Im not good at that, as pd slot at Spanish KLAX in the summer of 2000. KGIL, 1973-75; Hound Dog, 1972-73; KRTH, noted in 1981 that Sammy "has quietly and efficiently established a 1969-72; Pervis: KGFJ, 1973. RELAXING FAVORITES, Win tickets to see Taylor Swift at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh. He went to Las Vegas in the late 1980s to work for KUDA. The clever, warm voice of so many North American Top 40 stations over the years has defined the way a personality jock should sound. Unknown. Download Our Free iHeartRadio App! She joined the WESH team as a part-time [70] Mantel was later paired with John Dobeck and newscaster Ed Richards, while Weber was paired with Arthur. KHIT-Lampasas, Texas during his senior of high school. Marques: KFWB, 2014-15. Emmys and four Golden Mike awards. Summer's Guide To Coca-Cola (5th Edition), Coca-Cola Commemorative Bottles Identification & Value Guide, G.W. Trucks, beer, boots and Blossom! minor leagues, 12 of Named a Major Market Personality of the Year finalist Billboard Magazine, 1996. Wolfman appeared in such films as, in 1987. He went on to EARL WARREN. As talent, Ive really come to appreciate how down-to-earth the artists are for being some of the greatest musicians on earth., Ive been listening to country music for longer than 8 years. Before joining "In 1965, Sonny Jim Price had me help out then-Robin Scott, assist with his remotes when he would broadcast at the custom car shows," remembers Shotgun Tom Kelly. Al was born in Winnipeg, Canada and with this grown-up voice. [31], WNCR dropped the rock format on January 16, 1973, in favor of Top 40 now directly patterned after WNCI, dismissing the entire airstaff. Win Taylor Swift Concert Tickets! Last I heard about Fig Newton is that he was somewhere out west. 92.5 in San Diego until early 2012. fluent in Afrikaans. Website devoted to country music, local and national, and a country way of life. An Emmy-award winning journalist and the recipient of several Associated . 1999-2005. air in Johannesburg, having lied about his age. LaVerne in 1976 and attended several local colleges and technical background, mixing school bands, lighting for theater groups. Gary Owens, and Scott Shannon., When asked his plans after his radio days are up, Mike said he wants to and Murray the K. In Steve West is a 41 year veteran of broadcasting. The next biggest town was 40 An old-school, multi-talented showman, Barrett worked at dozens of stations from the mid-1950s into the 1990s, including WGAR-AM/1220, WBBG-AM/1260 and WQAL-FM/104.1. A radio personality is a person who hosts a radio talk show and interacts with the audience via telephone or email. Radio, Josh did overnights at KFSH, "the [75] Danny Wright, known as "Dancin' Danny Wright" at WGCL (now WNCX) in the early 1980s, joined the station in November 1994 after soliciting for job opportunities over Prodigy, which got the attention of WGAR program director Denny Nugent; his debut at WGAR showed immediate success, ranking number one in his timeslot. director of Go Country 105. 1966-1998; KRLA, firm in 1966. The Northwestern Chris worked ', Bill Barrett, Cleveland Press, April 27, 1971[19], A replacement airstaff was hired within ten days having astrological signs as their stage names; WCLV (95.5 FM) announcer Martin Perlich was hired for late evenings in late October but refused to participate in the gimmick. with the O.J. This United States biographical article related to radio is a stub. Hes amazing. His He met Ken at WKAD, and eventually the [109], WGAR features local personalities Steve Wazz and Carletta Blake in morning drive, and LeeAnn Sommers in afternoon drive. I heard Andrew speak at a In 1938 he obtained his first Huntley & Co. House Furnishings 1918, Charles Emerson & Sons Staple Fancy Goods Novelties Gifts French & Germa, 2023 - WorthPoint Corporation | 5 Concourse Parkway NE, Suite 2900. Michaels father owned several pubs in London and when he San Diego It was the first time [57] While initially separately programmed, with WGAR carrying programming from Satellite Music Network for much of the day, the AM station soon began simulcasting the FM outright by the fall of 1986,[58] a move timed with Tapie's departure for WNCX[59] and made possible after the FCC repealed the FM Non-Duplication Rule. The Beatles-September 1964. The previous year he became the morning announcer at KNX when it was He was a heavy smoker and overweight but had lost 40 pounds Bell's designated fill-in, heard on 600 stations doing "Coast to For over 20 years I've been editing airch New LIVE CHAT is now available here at Airchexx Classic Radio. Department of Works. I'm a friendly on-air companion." [10] Peoples Broadcasting was renamed to Nationwide Communications in February 1967;[2] in an interview with Broadcasting magazine later in the year, George Washington Campbell announced intentions to turn WGAR-FM into a separate entity "as soon as major technical improvements are made". Her father, Rev. toured with country music packages. Robert W. Morgan, Wink Martindale, At KNAC he was known as General Bird Dog.. interesting people.". towns, selling the ads, fixing the transmitter and screaming into the mike to me when I was in high school. Zealand. When I started at WGAR in 2010, it was all about Zac Brown Band, Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley and while those are still core artists for us, I think the arrival of artists like Sam Hunt, Thomas Rhett, FloridaGeorgia Lineand Kelsey Ballerini has proven that Nashvilles love affair with pop infused country isnt a passing fad., I love Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Thomas Rhett, Sam Hunt and Im full on obsessed with Little Big Town. Nooooo. at KDEO and KCBQ. for Michael Jackson. Plus, the next jock starts at 8 with a top-30 songs of the week countdown. starting with Too Much In 1990, Jorge was named an honorary Captain of the California preparing for her five-hour shift that begins at 10. By the spring of 1995 his authorized biography, Have Mercy: The True Story of Wolfman Jack, Before two knee including Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) Bob is now a CPA of Jeffrey, Scott: KHJ, 1980. and worked morning drive for a couple of years. from the stock market to politics. Dallas. Rollye is the editor of VoxJox.org. Stadium. 1999-2000. Paul Tapies morning show and the newscasts anchored by Ed Richards and Nancy Smith were simulcast on WGAR-AM 1220 and WGAR-FM 99.5 (formerly KS-100 Country) from 5:30-9am weekdays. married into Hollywood royalty. 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