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Date Posted: 06:28:05 03/08/09 Sun
Author: Hillbilly
Subject: Re: Jack Wheeler update
In reply to: JM 's message, "Re: Jack Wheeler update" on 04:01:09 03/07/09 Sat

The yammering kind of undermined his "good ole boy" image on the air. And he was probably jealous of Bill Cardille. I mean, Bill became an icon with Chiller Theater and was beloved at channel 11 and in the region as a whole. And how close did Jack ever come to that? Not very.

>Wheeler never minded airing his gripes with management
>on the air. For some reason he took a dislike to the
>engineer who worked during his show. He went to
>management and demanded they fire the guy. They didn't
>have any cause, so they declined. Then he asked that
>the station change the guy's shift so he didn't work
>during Wheeler's hours. The shifts were based on
>seniority, so that demand was turned down, too.
>Wheeler's solution was to tape sheets of the newspaper
>over the window so he couldn't see the engineer. He
>later bragged about that on the air.
>
>There were times he would berate producer Bill "Big
>Bird" Brunetti on the air because he was unhappy with
>the quality of calls.
>
>At WJAS, he also fired a lot of on-air barbs at Bill
>Cardille, making him one of the very few people who
>didn't get along with Chilly Billy.
>
>
>
>
>>I liked Jack at KDKA until an occasion when for some
>>reason they took away his producer and he had to deal
>>with the callers unscreened. He got very upset and
>>whined and yammered like an adolescent. Kinda
>>skewered the macho image that he so carefully
>>cultivated.
>>
>>Letting an on-air pick their own music? Now THAT is
>>cool! It should be a growing trend, but it won't be.
>>
>>I understand that he wrapped up his job with WKII-AM,
>>>a Clear Channel station in Port Charlotte, FL and
>>>moved to Costa Rica.
>>>
>>>Wheeler had been doing mornings on the
>>>standards-formatted station. They let him pick his
>>>music. I think he had been there since 2006. Wheeler
>>>is either 81 or 82.

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  • Re: Jack Wheeler update -- KW (Wheeler), 13:09:59 03/08/09 Sun
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