Air Names

[Part15rulesdude]

> > > How's this for a radio person's *real* name?  She worked
>
> > > (still works?) selling time at American Urban Radio
> > > Networks.  And her name is Tahjma Hall.
> > >
> >
> you won't believe this, but i used "amos pigg."
>
> i even spiced it up (ala big ron o'brien) as "amos the rock
> & roll pigg"
>
> heck, i even threw in a few "amos the rock & roll pigg of
> the nighttime"  (too much chuck boo baron influence, i
> suppose)...
>
> um. wait.  that's my real name.
>
>
>
> )
> Well, The Name that was pinned on me just about 6 months ago, was Rex Lee Harrison, I was using Rex Lee, and the jock before me said here he ladies, Rex Lee (Harrison) Truly is his middle name...Scared me to death, I just knew he was gonna hit my real last name on the air, Geez !

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[RoddyFreeman]

> I was cleaning out things around the house, and found a box
> of my old air checks from when i first started out in the
> 80's. More embarassing than listening to me do the cheesey
> "hit radio" thing was the air names I was given and or
> choose myself. Brace yourself...
>
> I was at one point Van Ferrari "The rich man of rock &
> roll", Kevin ICE, and Eddie Munster....
>

Back in the day, there was Sandy Beach in Buffalo, Dutch Holland in Miami, Rick Shaw in Miami, Poppa Stoppa in New Orleans (a white guy who sounded black) and others.  As an AOR station, DC101 in Washington had Adam Smasher in afternoon drive.  And until recently, Kiss in Charlotte had a different Adam Smasher in afternoon drive.

In the late sixties, a station in suburban D.C., WEEL, went oldies as "Million Dollar Music WEEL (Wheel)."  They gave their jocks names like Larry Kash, Tom Green and Johnny Dollar.

I hate really radio-ish names that fit a format.  For example, the midday jock on Kiss in Charlotte, a CHR station, was Jennifer Steele.

[kevin364]

LOL!  thanks guys. Now i'm not so embarassed.


Just to add. I worked with guys named Jim Floor, Sly Fox, and a guy who did a call in show called Mike Hunt. Why don't you give Mike Hunt a call....

Well, you get it.

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" All my life I've always had my *#@$ together...Problem is I've never been able to pick it up" (Burt Reynolds "The Longest yard")

[deadaire]

I don't get it.  Why is Phil Terrana a good radio name?  Am I missing something obvious?

> > Any other of you good radio folk have any funny names to
> > remember??
>
> Best radio name ever. Phil Terrana.
>

[Braswell]

There was a guy who worked at a sister station to my place of employment, whose parents named him John Edward Gough, III (pronounced Goff). Don't get ahead of me, now. Yes, you're right...Jack is a nickname for John, and so called himself (I swear to God) "Jack Gough on the radio"!

Then, there was the time that I was a part-time weekender at the original incarnation of Island 106 in Panama City, which was classic hits before anyone had "invented" the format (late 80's). The PD assigned everyone an air-name that had that "tropical" flavor, like Sandy Beech, etc., etc., etc. I was christened "B'wana Jay" (heavy, man...like wow). We used a top of hour bed, over which you were to say..."Island 106 is W-I-L-N, Panama City. Coming up this hour, another 14 of your island favorites. It's 1 o'clock, and I'm B'wana Jay". At this point you hit the post, and rolled out of the jingle tag with "an uptempo cooker". Well, I was bored to tears this particular Sunday afternoon, and so I rolled into the top of the hour with the usual spiel, ending with, "...it's 3 o'clock, and I'm BUCK NEKKID!". Several minutes later, the phone rings. I pick it up, only to be greeted by the sound of howling laughter. After a little bit of this, it was the station owner (Jim Whoselastnameicantremember), calling from his exclusive Bay Pointe residential dwelling, telling me that what I'd said was the funniest damn thing he'd ever heard on the radio. He also confessed that he and his guests had been imbibing quite heavily. To many, I have been Buck Nekkid ever since. Not to worry...I save a bunch on my dry cleaning.

There was an earlier time, before I was named "Jay" (instead of being forced to use Jerry) by Johnny Reid at WTWA in Thomson, Georgia, when I used Bob Walker. Dave Hensley, the PD at WGUS in Augusta, insisted on calling me Skinny Bobby Walker. At that point in time, I'd never heard of Skinny Bobby Harper, so I didn't get it. That all became somewhat interesting, a few years down the road. I found myself managing WKRP in Dallas, Georgia, and, of course, we all now know that Skinny Bobby was the model for Johnny Fever.

One of these days, I gotta write that book.  

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Atlanta/North Florida/South Carolina/Georgia Boards

[OgOgglby]

I always liked "The Silver Haired Man of Rock and Roll" (Dain Shult)on 94Q.  Isn't Larry Elliot doing traffic on WSB now?...while not the first, he was "Night Trane Lane" on either 94Q or WQXI-AM.  My alltime favorite was "Dr. Damon Hokey" on WINN-AM when Ross "Boogie" Brittian and Rex Patton were on.  (All spellings sic)

[DrewNelson]

I worked with a real-life Mike Steele.  His daughter and wife, who works in the traffic department at his station, are also named Steele.  I guess he was just blessed with a great on-air name.

(Supposedly, there's a famous Mike Steele from L.A.  This is not the same guy.)

> Back in the day, there was Sandy Beach in Buffalo, Dutch
> Holland in Miami, Rick Shaw in Miami, Poppa Stoppa in New
> Orleans (a white guy who sounded black) and others.  As an
> AOR station, DC101 in Washington had Adam Smasher in
> afternoon drive.  And until recently, Kiss in Charlotte had
> a different Adam Smasher in afternoon drive.
>
> In the late sixties, a station in suburban D.C., WEEL, went
> oldies as "Million Dollar Music WEEL (Wheel)."  They gave
> their jocks names like Larry Kash, Tom Green and Johnny
> Dollar.
>
> I hate really radio-ish names that fit a format.  For
> example, the midday jock on Kiss in Charlotte, a CHR
> station, was Jennifer Steele.

[Twitch]

> I don't get it.  Why is Phil Terrana a good radio name?  Am
> I missing something obvious?
>
> > > Any other of you good radio folk have any funny names to
>
> > > remember??
> >
> > Best radio name ever. Phil Terrana.
> >
>

Phil Terrana is the real life name of Steve McCoy. Stuny Guy/Producer Mark something-or-other adopted Phil Terrana as his name on Q100. Not completely obvious, but still pretty darn funny.

I haven't listened to the Bert Show in a while. Is Phil still there?

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[Ward]

> I always liked "The Silver Haired Man of Rock and Roll"
> (Dain Shult)on 94Q.  Isn't Larry Elliot doing traffic on WSB
> now?...while not the first, he was "Night Trane Lane" on
> either 94Q or WQXI-AM.  My alltime favorite was "Dr. Damon
> Hokey" on WINN-AM when Ross "Boogie" Brittian and Rex Patton
> were on.  (All spellings sic)
>
I think of all the horrible, terrible, miserable names a PD could have used with me, the best was for a AOR station...Rock Roll.  DUMB!!!  He had this fascination with naming other jocks stupid names like Cat Dog, Ben Dover (no kidding!), Q-tipsy and the boogie woogie weekend with Jump for Joy Masters!  This guy was just plain nuts!  Luckily it was for a station in the middle of North Dakota so nobody of consequence heard us.

[Fake_User_Name]

I was given a name to use waaay back in '78.  I used my real first name, but my first PD gave me the all too common 'Michaels' to use as a last.  Not all that unusual, but what was, was many years later, when I was the only jock to survive a format change, and was told to use my real name.  Yikes.  It never felt right, and I have old airchecks of me, un-knowingly using both names a time or two during an airshift.