Here's the story on how my air name was created...
John E. Douglas WNOX
My real name is Douglas John Shapiro and I simply flipped my middle name to the front becoming Johnny Douglas, but the "E." part is interesting. I started my broadcast career in Milford Ct at a small AM station WFIF. Our competition was the famed 13 WAVZ New Haven Ct who had Johnny Walker (not the one that worked in Knoxville). We had really close rating battles and the PD and GM at my station said I needed to add something to my name to be a little different. They came up with sort of pun, by adding an "E" which when pronounced still sounded like Johnny but I was told to say it as John E... later Walker changed to John E. Walker so they added "The Real John E. Douglas" after what "The Real Don Steele" KHJ and "The Real Bob James" were doing, Walker changed to Big John Walker. Did all the hype work... I dunno, before the dust cleared I got a job offer to go to West Palm Beach, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Indy and Cleveland and the rest is history!
John E. Douglas WNOX
My real name is Douglas John Shapiro and I simply flipped my middle name to the front becoming Johnny Douglas, but the "E." part is interesting. I started my broadcast career in Milford Ct at a small AM station WFIF. Our competition was the famed 13 WAVZ New Haven Ct who had Johnny Walker (not the one that worked in Knoxville). We had really close rating battles and the PD and GM at my station said I needed to add something to my name to be a little different. They came up with sort of pun, by adding an "E" which when pronounced still sounded like Johnny but I was told to say it as John E... later Walker changed to John E. Walker so they added "The Real John E. Douglas" after what "The Real Don Steele" KHJ and "The Real Bob James" were doing, Walker changed to Big John Walker. Did all the hype work... I dunno, before the dust cleared I got a job offer to go to West Palm Beach, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Indy and Cleveland and the rest is history!