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He hosted a morning radio show and afternoon movie show and did weather in the evenings. He was one of the radio station's top DJs when he got caught up in the payola scandal that rocked the radio business in the late 1950s. Impressed with Trivisonno's sports knowledge, Franklin gave him leeway and often referred to him as "Mr. Know It All." (Plain Dealer file photo), An original member of the British rock group Humble Pie, Shirley moved to Cleveland in the late 1980s to be near his girlfriend. (Plain Dealer file photo), One of Cleveland's most controversial and popular radio show hosts, Dee pioneered the shock-jock format. He got fired from CBS from that gig in 2007 after making racist and insulting remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team. Fowler works for country station WGAR-FM/99.5, and Cronauer is an on-air personality for The Fish, WFHM-FM/95.5. In 1993, they were named "Broadcast Personalities of the Year" by the Country Music Association. His profile skyrocketed in 1994 when he began hosting "Sportsline" on WTAM. In 2015, Hamilton received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 15th Annual Greater Cleveland Sports Awards. He briefly worked mid-days at the end of his career, but soon retired. After his run on WDMT, Rufus continued with another hugely popular live mix and specialty show, "Club Jamz" on Jammin' 92.3. Memorable radio personalities from Cleveland's past. He was called to testify at congressional hearings and admitted accepting cash and gifts to play records. He left WCBS for good in 2005 when it dropped its oldies format, moving to Sirius Satellite Radio (now SiriusXM Radio) for an oldies show broadcast live from the Rock Hall. Hughes returned briefly to WMMS in the 1990s for short stints on a new "Morning Zoo" and as an overnight DJ. He later spun standards on WBBG, WRMR and WCLV-AM. WMMS (100.7 FM) – branded 100.7 WMMS: The Buzzard – is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, serving Greater Cleveland and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio.Widely regarded as one of the most influential rock stations in America throughout its history, the station has also drawn controversy for unusually aggressive tactics both on and off the air. Shanley left Cleveland in early 1985 to take a sportscasting job in Los Angeles, but he returned in three years and resumed his career, this time at WUAB-TV/Channel 43. He died in 2014 at the age of 83. She died in 2011 at the age of 89. He was in the booth for every Browns season through 1984. The even more vile Gary Dee did mornings. The show is known for its outrageous stunts and banter. (Plain Dealer file photo), One of the first black DJs in Cleveland radio, Hawkins broadcasted from the front of his record store on E. 105th between Cedar and Carnegie avenues in the late 1940s and early 1950s, before landing air time on WHK, WJW, WDOK, WABQ and WSRS, which later became WJMO. They worked together on four different stations in the Cleveland/Akron area over the years: WONE-FM/97.5, WENZ-FM/107.9, WMMS-FM/100.7 and WMVX-FM/106.5. After leaving WMJI, she worked on-air at WELW-AM, a low-power station based in Willoughby then playing oldies. (Plain Dealer file photo), Pete Franklin did his last regular broadcasts in 1998 and died in 2004, but he is still, in many ways, the best-known sports-talk radio host in Cleveland. An influential figure in the black community, he inspired many, including a group of Canton, Ohio, musicians and future Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, The O'Jays, who took his name. (Photo courtesy of Norton Records), Was a fixture with his country music radio show, "Will the Roses Bloom Again," on WRUW-FM at Case Western Reserve University for more than 40 years. Patrick, whose real name is Michael Ryan, was a staple at Akron station WKDD-FM/96.5 from 1981-1995. (Plain Dealer file photo), "Spaceman Scott" - Scott Hughes, better known as Spaceman Scott, was a member of WMMS-FM/100.7's top-rated "Buzzard Morning Zoo" in the 1980s, along with Jeff Kinzbach, Ed "Flash" Ferenc, and others. He's done play-by-play and sports talk at myriad local radio stations since: WWWE/-AM/1100 (now WTAM), WERE-AM/1490, WHK-AM/1420 and more. He soon left radio and became an artist manager, working with the likes of Joe Walsh, Michael Stanley, Ian Hunter, Harry Nilsson, Yusuf (Cat) Stevens, Eric Carmen and others. (Plain Dealer file photo), A veteran radio newsman, McIntyre got his start locally in the 1980s with WERE-AM/1300. He got his start locally at WERE-AM/1490, then moved to WHK as morning-show host. He was let go from WDOK in 2012, along with longtime newsman Jim McIntyre. Marshals Arrest Two Different Homicide Suspects Within Hours, Escaped Carjacking & Rape Suspect Arrested by U.S. Barrett moved to Cincinnati after his retirement. (Plain Dealer file photo), Holt was the first African-American female radio personality on Cleveland airwaves, getting her start as an announcer on WSRS-AM/1490. She moved to WJMO in 1952. (Plain Dealer file photo), The affable Spero was born into rock 'n' roll. He bounced between Denver and Cleveland for years, working locally at WIXY and WHK. He died in 2003. (Photo by Marvin Fong/ The Plain Dealer), Maria Farina landed at WMMS in 1986 fresh out of Ohio University and quickly gained popularity. Saul joined WMMS as a salesman after the station switched to a rock format. He died of a heart attack in 2011. Edwards is at the far right in the above photo, along with fellow DJs Bill Randle and Chuck Young. (Plain Dealer file photo), One of the nation's original – and most notorious – shock jocks, Imus had two memorable stints in Cleveland. By the time he left in 1973, for health reasons, it had changed call letters again to WWWE. Known as "Dancing" Danny Wright, he rose to prominence in Cleveland starting in 1983 on the old WGCL (now WNCX FM/98.5). Korvan now lives in South Dakota. Ferenc is now the public information officer at the Cleveland Municipal Court. Poole was moved to WZAK's low-powered sister station, WJMO-AM/1490, where he hosted a morning show. He currently hosts "Mantel in the Morning" on country station WRNS-FM/95.1 in Kinston, North Carolina. (Plain Dealer file photo), Finan came to Cleveland in 1950, working both as a weatherman on KYW-TV (now WKYC-TV Channel 3) and DJ on KYW radio (now WTAM-AM/1100). On-Air 12:00 AM Marc 'The Cope' Coppola Up Next 5:00 AM The Mark Nolan Show Full Schedule U.S. Spero would go on to become one of Cleveland's early progressive-rock DJs, working first at WNCR and then at WMMS. She has written several books, including "Boston Radio: 1920-2010." She worked in radio in Los Angeles from 1973-76 at KLOS and KMET. In 2014, Rover pleaded guilty to four misdemeanors in relation to the illegal use of fireworks and a confrontation with an off-duty police officer at the Whiskey Island marina in downtown Cleveland. (Plain Dealer file photo), Barry Weingart is best known as co-host with Steve "Doc Nemo" of an early progressive rock show in the late 1960s on WZAK-FM/106.5. (Photo by John Kuntz, cleveland.com), A DJ in Cleveland in the 1950s, Norman Wain was a salesman at WHK-AM/1420 when he helped bring the Beatles to Cleveland for the first time in 1964. Collier was inducted into the Country Music Radio Hall of Fame in 2009. In 1986, Gorman and 12 other staff members left WMMS to start classic-rock station WNCX-FM/98.5. From 1989 to 1997, he was a DJ at WNCX-FM/98.5, first with a weekend show, "The British Invasion," then later with a morning-drive program, "Mad Dogs and Englishmen." The two were national tastemakers, breaking many acts of the day. Photo: Courtesy of John Gorman), Joe Tait is a Cleveland radio legend and the voice of the Cleveland Cavaliers from the team's inception in 1970 (with the exception of two seasons in the early 1980s) until he retired in 2011. He was only in town from 1956-59, with gigs at WJW and WHK, but the "Mad Daddy" remains a Cleveland radio legend. (Halper is at center in the photo above, with members of Rush and WMMS staffers. She got the job after recording commercials for the record shop she co-owned with Hymie Kaye on 55th and Woodland. (Plain Dealer file photo). (Plain Dealer file photo), One of Cleveland radio's most popular – and enduring -- morning teams, Jeff Kinzbach and Ed "Flash" Ferenc were a cornerstone of WMMS-FM/100.7 during its Buzzard heyday. Contrary to popular opinion, Freed did not coin the phrase "rock'n' roll," but he was certainly instrumental in popularizing it and spreading the revolution around the world. Did we miss anyone important or one of your favorites? Hired in 1966, he was known for his rapid-fire style, delivered in Southern drawl. He died in 2010. He sometimes flubbed his calls, but that seemed to endear him to fans, who loved his folksy style. Today, he's out of radio and has been the owner of The Dean Rufus House Of Fun retail boutique on West 29th Street in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood for the past 12 years. He was a conservative talk radio host at Akron's WNIR FM/100.1 for almost 40 years. He now runs his own music consulting business, LJT Entertainment, and is program director and an on-air host of "Underground Garage" on Sirius XM Radio. (Plain Dealer file photo), A popular DJ for urban-contemporary stations FM-108 WDMT and WZAK-FM 93.1 in the 1980s and '90s. One of those listeners – Mike Trivisonno, became such a popular caller that he eventually was given his own radio show. He left WGAR in 1984 for a radio job in Tampa, Fla., but returned in 1985 to work at WMJI-FM/105.7, co-hosting "The Lanigan and Webster Show" with newsman and sidekick John Webster. Diagnosed with the disease in 1992, she formed the Kym Sellers Foundation in 2000 to help raise money for research into a cure for MS and to provide outreach and education for people with MS and their families. He also managed Grammy-winning R and B superstar Luther Vandross. He started his radio career at WAKR in Akron in 1945, playing jazz, pop and early rhythm and blues. He also did play-by-play for the Cleveland Indians on radio from 1973-79 and on TV from 1980-87. He came back to radio for fun in the 1990s and 2000s, hosting a show on oldies station WRMR. His current roster includes Kenny Loggins, Marc Cohn, Dicky Betts, Simon Kirke, Richie Furay and others. He worked at WAKR-AM/1590 from 1961-67 and at WCOL in Columbus from 1967-77. (Photo: Plain Dealer file), Paul Tapie was a radio personality for 12 years in Cleveland during the 1980s and 1990s, working for WGAR-AM, WNCX-FM and WKNR-AM. A comedic mainstay of the morning show at WMMS-FM/100.7 for years, the character is the creation of comedian John Carillo, a California native who uses John Rio as his stage name. He switched to radio in 1968 and became a local legend, working over the years with partners like Joe Tait, Nev Chandler, Steve Lamar, Paul Olden and, finally, Tom Hamilton. After leaving WGAR and moving to Nashville in 1994, Grant landed a nationally syndicated country radio program. He's a history buff and writer, too. He is the younger brother of longtime Cleveland radio newsman Jim McIntyre. Armstrong worked evenings and got his name because the DJ in this timeslot was always called 'Jack Armstrong' after the 1930s radio serial, "Jack Armstrong the All-American Boy." DJs like Alan Freed and Bill Randle spread the gospel of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s, the WIXY-AM/1260 Supermen carried the torch in the 1960s and Kid Leo and his WMMS-FM/100.7 Buzzard compatriots kept the flames blazing in the 1970s. He helped launch progressive-rock radio as a DJ and programmer at both WMMS-FM/100.7 and WNCR-FM/99.5. He was inducted into the Radio/Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame of Ohio in 1993. Seeing the potential of pop music and radio, he quit his job and teamed up with partners Bob Weis and Joe Zingale to purchase WDOK-AM/1260 in 1965. He got his start in Cleveland in 1951 at WERE-AM/1330, where he became a close friend of legendary DJ Bill Randle. (Plain Dealer file photo). But the heartland rocker continues to draw good ratings and is a hometown favorite. The show was a big hit and stayed atop the ratings for years. Dean was a tastemaker on the local dance music scene thanks to gigs at several stations that included Program and Music Director at WDMT FM 108 (1979-87) and DJ at WZJM FM Jammin' 92 (1989-2001). He's done plenty of sports talk on TV, too, from Sports Channel Ohio (now Fox Sports Ohio) to Spectrum (formerly Time Warner Cable). (Photo by John Petkovic, The Plain Dealer), Poole was part of the No. Her annual Kym Sellers Foundation Multiple Sclerosis Benefit remains a major event on Cleveland’s social calendar. He is now retired. (Plain Dealer file photo), Gained fame in local radio in the 1980s as part of "Jeff and Flash's Morning Zoo" on WMMS-FM/100.7. (Plain Dealer file photo), Proud Parma natives, this longtime duo is better known as the affable hosts of "The Brian and Joe Show." In addition to doing nights at many of Cleveland's legendary clubs over the years, along with studio, voice and remix work in New York and Cleveland, Rufus was primarily known as one of the hosts of WDMT's extremely popular "Club Style" show, which gave local street and club jocks an opportunity to spin live on the radio ever night. He moved to Miami in 1975 and worked as a disk jockey on radio station WIOD and as a late-night movie host for WCIX-TV. Over the years, he was heard on WGAR-AM/1220, WERE-AM/1300 and WHK-AM/1420. The practice wasn't illegal at the time, but he left Cleveland amid the scandal and ended up in Denver, where he worked in talk radio. The station is now owned by Ideastream, the corporate umbrella over Cleveland's WVIZ Channel 25 and WCPN FM/90.3. (Plain Dealer file photo), The most famous radio personality in Cleveland history, and a pioneer of early rock 'n' roll. On `` the last time I have to sing 'Crocodile rock, ' will! 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