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Hear about of the most eccentric personalities in Cleveland radio history! As Mike & Janice Olszewski present stories from their book, Cleveland Radio Tales.
Remember when Cleveland radio crackled with a nonstop audio parade of larger-than-life characters? Meet some of the most eccentric personalities in Cleveland radio history! These tales, mostly from the 1960s to 1990s, share on-air and off-air antics of radio hosts who performed in the nude, battled station owners (and sometimes brawled with each other), broke news stories, discovered new musical acts, and tried any stunt to draw listeners.
Let’s go behind the microphone to meet dozens of intriguing and innovative local radio personalities, including …“Count” John Manolesco, the talk show host, astrologer, and former vampire who performed an exorcism live on-air
A daytime host who raised eyebrows and gained headlines when he did his entire show in the nude,
Inventive Wayne Mack, whose make-believe big band concerts seemed so real that listeners drove around for hours in search of his fictional “Waltz Palace” ballroom, and Loudmouth Gary Dee, who scored big ratings interviewing strippers and once knocked a fellow DJ out cold. Plus stories of live remotes gone wrong, unruly in-studio guests, management scuffles, the river of booze that fueled radio . . . and more true tales. Sponsored by the Friends of the Bay Village Branch.
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