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Starts at song Introduced by Jeff Kinzbach. Last day of the morning zoo. Sanders returned to WMMS in the fall of to host a 30th anniversary program. Live from The Mad Hatter Discotheque now defunct. AOR "M". Includes newscast mentioning the Cleveland City Council's effort to get year-old Mayor Dennis Kucinich to resign or they would put a recall measure on the ballot. Captain Kirk Russell, Max Heywood.

Home Links Contact. Howie Lund is the announcer. Celebration of WGAR's power increase from 5, to 50, watts. Some comments from Bob Vernon in about the early s at WGAR: "In '71 and '72, we had just started doing the high profile personality oldies format; we were one of only two or three stations in the country experimenting with it, and we were still feeling our way with how to put it together—everything from slogans to jingles to the bits we did.

The Real Bob James. From an album put out in the s by the Aircheck Factory called "Prime Cuts," this is some of Bob James' comedy work. Station changes frequency from to A.

Don Imus interviews Norm N. John Lanigan. Station ends broadcasting at A. Mad Daddy. Tom Dunn substituting for Len Anthony. Len Anthony. Mort Crowley. Segments from the last days of WHK's Top 40 format. Joe Madigan. Cover of Cleveland Magazine, John and arch-rival Gary Dee.

Those of us who worked with John at the time marveled at his restraint during this photo shoot. Nite has been released by Sirius XM radio. Sadly, we thank Cleveland … More radio historian Jim Davison, Norm's longtime engineer, for passing this along.

Rock on, Norm. Music" Norm N. Nite of his Saturday and Sunday 50s on 5 show from the rock and roll hall of fame studio. We had so many great times that I will never forget.

May you Rock On Forever my friend. And your never too old to stop rocking- thanks and all the best Norm!!! John Lanigan announces retirement. John, we wish you the best - and thanks for so many life-long memories. We are all so much richer for having worked with you!

A day, which Emperor Joe Mayer always celebrated with us. A wonderful man. May he rest in peace. From the alumnus: John, we have many fond memories of your days at Broadcast Park This is a tremendous honor and we're proud to say that it was here at the Big where your journey actually began when you replaced the legendary Don Imus.

Congratulations, because you are now the legendary John Lanigan! We're so proud of you. Griswold Eshelman. What a line-up! Feel free to share your favorite memory of Art Caruso. Bill is currently at work at chronicling the next five years, thru Loaded with pictures, employee timelines, memos and so much more.

Kudos, Bill! We'll keep you posted on his progress. Perhaps one of these days we can post the entire work. Thanks to Eric Braun for this most recent photo of Bob and Doris. September, Our condolences go out to Bob's family. The picture is Bob a few years back with his beloved grandchildren.

It will be one year ago tomorrow we lost The Chucker. Another great tribute to the Chucker, pictured here with one of his boyhood heroes - Red Skelton. Hard to imagine that this month marks the first anniversary of the passing of our former co-worker and dear … More friend Chuck Collier. Steve "Boom-Boom" Cannon. In the 80s "Boom" held down evenings and then mid-days on The Big Reuniting under these circumstances is far from ideal, but it was so good seeing such a great turnout to pay last respects to Chuck this afternoon.

Safe travels to the many who came such great distances to say goodbye to Chuck, forever in our memories. We sadly note the sudden passing of the legendary Chuck Collier. He was there from the very beginning and was there when it ended its long reign as one of America's premier AM radio stations. This is a special post in number of blog post Matter of fact, for awhile I worked across the street from their studios in Broadview Hts.

Owned by Nationwide Communications, it was a special spot on the dial for the listeners, and a special place for those who made their living there. John Lanigan was the morning personality. When he first come to town, he was replacing a legend, Don Imus, and he did so admirably. Lanigan in the Morning was a mixture of music, interviews, and plenty of innuendo. And Lanigan would always ask if they had an unusual place. But not so fast.

There was the crossover, where Lanigan would give Mayer a daily roasting, to which the emperor would reply with hearty belly laughs and end it by telling Lanigan, "you're a nut! From 2 to 6 you had Dave "Fig" Newton. He was well liked by his peers. Next up was "The Real" Bob James, another true professional and sharp wit. He would have listeners call every night with a segment called Rate a Joke. Some would call up with their lame attempt at humor and others would have some real good ones, such as "Why does beer go through you so fast?