I got pushed off stage
Early in the summer of 1991, I was working for a rock station in Erie. We were sponsoring a concert that featured several national recording artists. Each air personality was to pick the name of one of the bands out of a hat and introduce that band when it came time...
I was an extra on Cheers
My girlfriend, Samantha, and I decided to vacation in Los Angeles one March. I called one of my best friends from high school to arrange dinner with him and his new bride. Dan was one of the executive producers of a popular sitcom on NBC. He realized that the last...
I was arrested while on the air
It started out as a normal day at WBKC. I did many different air shifts there over the years and this particular day, I was handling the mid-day air shift. (10A-3P) I had just cracked the mic for a break when the station manager and two cops walked into the air...
I made bets on a game already played
In the late 1980s, I was working for my hometown radio station and one of my jobs was as an analyst on high school sports broadcasts. This one basketball playoff season started with my alma mater playing a real heavyweight in the Euclid District Tournament. Riverside...
I made a bet with a Marine
New year’s day 1995 was spent at Municipal Stadium rooting on the Bill Belichick coached Cleveland Browns over the Bill Parcells coached New England Patriots. But I had a little extra to lose on this game. While on the air at 102 ZOO earlier that week I had made a bet...
Quotes
Alex Harvey
, Sensational Alex Harvey Band
“Thank you, thank you, thank you very much, thank you. We hope you enjoyed the show.”
Hawkeye Pierce
, M*A*S*H 4077
“What do you expect? I come from the land of the free and the home of depraved.”
Pete Townsend
, The Who
“Rock and roll will always, always, always overcome eventually.”
