Cleveland Radio Tales

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Cleveland Radio Tales is written by Mike and Janice Olszewski and published by Gray & Company, Publishers. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1938441915 (ISBN 10) and 9781938441912 (ISBN 13).

Remember when Cleveland radio was filled with larger-than-life characters? 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 • Loudmouth Gary Dee, who scored big ratings interviewing strippers and once knocked a fellow DJ out cold • Media mogul Milton Maltz, a “square” who teamed up with hippies to transform WMMS into a rock and roll giant • Young Jack Paar, who nearly lost his first radio job while saving Cleveland from a Martian invasion • The undaunted DJs of WABQ who broke FCC rules to stay on the air during the Glenville riots in 1968 • Teenage amateurs whose pirate radio stations drew loyal local listeners—and angry visits from the Feds! Plus stories of live remotes gone wrong, unruly in-studio guests, management scuffles, the river of booze that fueled radio … and more strange but true tales!