Today Suitcase reminiscences about Johnny Walker...
Hello 101 (or should I say "Mike!")
Aww, Johnny Walker. Walker did a successful evening teen show stint with WMAK in Nashville before joining WKGN. Both stations were owned by George Mooney (one of my favorite radio people of all time). In between, Walker did a year or two at WDXB in Chattanooga where I competed against him in the early 70s. Same cast of zany characters at each station.
Yes, he went on to Baltimore and became a fixture there for 20 plus years, mostly on WFBR. He eventually settled into a morning show and pretty much owned the market for a long time.
He was out of radio when he died in March of 2004 from cancer or pulmonary disease or hard living, take your pick.
Listening to his piercing, nasally voice was like listening to fingernails on a blackboard, but the guy was one of the most original and talented radio personalities (he wasn't a DJ) that I've come across in my lifetime. He created more laughs per hour than Letterman or Leno and he did it without professional writers.
Bill Miller (Yes, I'm still Suitcase Simpson)
Coming soon...John E. Douglas, Ron Harper, and more!
Hello 101 (or should I say "Mike!")
Aww, Johnny Walker. Walker did a successful evening teen show stint with WMAK in Nashville before joining WKGN. Both stations were owned by George Mooney (one of my favorite radio people of all time). In between, Walker did a year or two at WDXB in Chattanooga where I competed against him in the early 70s. Same cast of zany characters at each station.
Yes, he went on to Baltimore and became a fixture there for 20 plus years, mostly on WFBR. He eventually settled into a morning show and pretty much owned the market for a long time.
He was out of radio when he died in March of 2004 from cancer or pulmonary disease or hard living, take your pick.
Listening to his piercing, nasally voice was like listening to fingernails on a blackboard, but the guy was one of the most original and talented radio personalities (he wasn't a DJ) that I've come across in my lifetime. He created more laughs per hour than Letterman or Leno and he did it without professional writers.
Bill Miller (Yes, I'm still Suitcase Simpson)
Coming soon...John E. Douglas, Ron Harper, and more!