Did you call in to any radio shows back in the day?

I was thinking about Lansing sports radio and how easy it was to get on the air and how much of a rush it was when you’d get on. I used to call in to Mike Valenti and Mad Dog and other a lot. My friend once dropped an F bomb on Jack Ebling it was hilarious.

But in a bigger sense, I remember when I was a angsty teenager and I called Dr. Drew (he was pretty normal back in the day) and other radio shows and would get through but I don’t think I ever got on the air. Did you ever have any radio show call in adventures? Were you a host and had any memorable callers?

Back in the day you could call into Larry Kings tv show. We would sit around in our college ghetto house and try to call in with stupid questions. I got in twice. Once to Jerry Falwell once to Alexander Haig.

Fucking steve...

DWags wrote:Back in the day you could call into Larry Kings tv show. We would sit around in our college ghetto house and try to call in with stupid questions. I got in twice. Once to Jerry Falwell once to Alexander Haig.

Do you remember what you asked them?

DWags wrote:Back in the day you could call into Larry Kings tv show. We would sit around in our college ghetto house and try to call in with stupid questions. I got in twice. Once to Jerry Falwell once to Alexander Haig.

Do you have any more stories from your totally crazy college days?

Yes or no?

I have a good friend that is good friends with Gregg Henson, before social media and Henson became a total douche.

Anywho...I used to call in to the Jaime and Gregg show on WDFN and would get on the air. Misty stupid shit and never to talk about sports.

Back in '72 when I was 12, sleeping over at my buddy's we were listening to WDRQ after 2am and decided to call in. I have no recollection of what we said. The DJ was Steve Dahl, who exploded onto the scene a few years later.

I called into Stony and Wojo in the mid 90s during the Red Wings playoff run to make some (asinine, I'm sure) comment.

Turtleneck wrote:

DWags wrote:Back in the day you could call into Larry Kings tv show. We would sit around in our college ghetto house and try to call in with stupid questions. I got in twice. Once to Jerry Falwell once to Alexander Haig.

Do you have any more stories from your totally crazy college days?

I stole a final exam three hours before two of my friends and I had to take it.

No, what kind of freak actually calls in to a radio show?

Rocinante wrote:

DWags wrote:Back in the day you could call into Larry Kings tv show. We would sit around in our college ghetto house and try to call in with stupid questions. I got in twice. Once to Jerry Falwell once to Alexander Haig.

Do you remember what you asked them?

Jerry Falwell had just hired the same Lawyer who defended flynt in his hustler magazine suit against the government. He had said some disparaging things against the guys law firm. I asked if he felt he was a hypocrite. Haig I asked about putting America in Chaos by declaring he was in charge of the government when Reagan got shot.

Damn Wags. You used to be smart.

Rocinante wrote:Damn Wags. You used to be smart.

DWags wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:

Do you have any more stories from your totally crazy college days?

I stole a final exam three hours before two of my friends and I had to take it.

I am actually not amused by that.

Turtleneck wrote:

DWags wrote:

I stole a final exam three hours before two of my friends and I had to take it.

I am actually not amused by that.

Hush up, Dean Wormer.

I once called in to a national sports talk show that was carried in the Lansing market back in about 94.

I would also call in to this show on Impact 89 or whatever it was called because I knew this girl that would DJ there.

I DJed on Impact. The kid that ran the station my second year was a fucking Nazi about sticking to the playlist. He’s probably gainfully employed in corporate media now. He was a perfect drone. I never followed the playlist and he would actually call in to my show and tell me to get back on the playlist. I quit when he took over as manager.

Turtleneck wrote:

DWags wrote:

I stole a final exam three hours before two of my friends and I had to take it.

I am actually not amused by that.

That’s not what I was going for at the time I did it. If I recall I had it in my back pack pretty much running to shaw hall feeling like I had just robbed a bank. I can give you the convoluted story of how it was done quite by accident and on the spur of the moment as it literally had just fallen into my hands. No pre planning. No for thought just “luck” I guess. But it’s really not too interesting.

Rocinante wrote:I DJed on Impact. The kid that ran the station my second year was a fucking Nazi about sticking to the playlist. He’s probably gainfully employed in corporate media now. He was a perfect drone. I never followed the playlist and he would actually call in to my show and tell me to get back on the playlist. I quit when he took over as manager.

It his defense, you only played Springsteen and REM.

Rocinante wrote:I DJed on Impact. The kid that ran the station my second year was a fucking Nazi about sticking to the playlist. He’s probably gainfully employed in corporate media now. He was a perfect drone. I never followed the playlist and he would actually call in to my show and tell me to get back on the playlist. I quit when he took over as manager.

What years? I listened to Impact more than anything else back then.

And speaking of Impact radio. I’m so old I remember when the station signed on with the tag line:
“Leading you into the 90s, Impact Radio, 89FM.”

DWags wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:

I am actually not amused by that.

That’s not what I was going for at the time I did it. If I recall I had it in my back pack pretty much running to shaw hall feeling like I had just robbed a bank. I can give you the convoluted story of how it was done quite by accident and on the spur of the moment as it literally had just fallen into my hands. No pre planning. No for thought just “luck” I guess. But it’s really not too interesting.

And then you stole a bar. Habitual.

duffy munn wrote:

DWags wrote:

That’s not what I was going for at the time I did it. If I recall I had it in my back pack pretty much running to shaw hall feeling like I had just robbed a bank. I can give you the convoluted story of how it was done quite by accident and on the spur of the moment as it literally had just fallen into my hands. No pre planning. No for thought just “luck” I guess. But it’s really not too interesting.

And then you stole a bar. Habitual.

Really is a slippery slope.

tGreenWay wrote:And speaking of Impact radio. I’m so old I remember when the station signed on with the tag line:
“Leading you into the 90s, Impact Radio, 89FM.”

Our were “we have an image to protect” and I think “keeping you informed.” (Yawn). It would have been 2000 and 2001.

Rocinante wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:And speaking of Impact radio. I’m so old I remember when the station signed on with the tag line:
“Leading you into the 90s, Impact Radio, 89FM.”

Our were “we have an image to protect” and I think “keeping you informed.” (Yawn). It would have been 2000 and 2001.

Right when I probably wouldn’t have heard you, since I was working crazy hours back then.

Ok, old Impact guys.... Local band, don't remember the name but they played it on impact....
Lyric:
"I'd really like to love you now, but I can't."

Trigger anything? I seem to recall digging that tune.

AvgMSUJoe wrote:Ok, old Impact guys.... Local band, don't remember the name but they played it on impact....
Lyric:
"I'd really like to love you now, but I can't."

Trigger anything? I seem to recall digging that tune.

Botfly? Or The Verve Pipe?

steveschneider wrote:

AvgMSUJoe wrote:Ok, old Impact guys.... Local band, don't remember the name but they played it on impact....
Lyric:
"I'd really like to love you now, but I can't."

Trigger anything? I seem to recall digging that tune.

Botfly? Or The Verve Pipe?

Are you just typing out names of local bands you remember?
Fucking Steve.

steveschneider wrote:

AvgMSUJoe wrote:Ok, old Impact guys.... Local band, don't remember the name but they played it on impact....
Lyric:
"I'd really like to love you now, but I can't."

Trigger anything? I seem to recall digging that tune.

Botfly? Or The Verve Pipe?

I wonder what Grif from Botfly is up to these days.

Motown Spartan wrote:

steveschneider wrote:

Botfly? Or The Verve Pipe?

I wonder what Grif from Botfly is up to these days.

He was a cool fucking dude. I can't say what he's doing these days but I hope he's making music.

Not botfly or verve pipe... A little earlier.

The something somethings... Ug...

Maybe it was Calliope or The Masons. Or was it Wally Pleasant.

AvgMSUJoe wrote:Not botfly or verve pipe... A little earlier.

The something somethings... Ug...

The Universal Indians lol

steveschneider wrote:

Motown Spartan wrote:

I wonder what Grif from Botfly is up to these days.

He was a cool fucking dude. I can't say what he's doing these days but I hope he's making music.

He is/was a phenomenal harmonica player.

The way outs? Sound familiar to anyone?

Wally was a dude. He hung with my roommate occasionally.

steveschneider wrote:Or was it Wally Pleasant.

Shoot someone and tell everyone you’re from Detroit!

Not quite as cool as I remember... Kids... Amiright?

AvgMSUJoe wrote:The way outs? Sound familiar to anyone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pytRoCcdazc

I feel like I saw them at a house party and at the time I didn't know who they were but going off their sound I bet it was them. They did a cover of Blister in the Sun and the place went crazy. God I miss those days. Drinking keg beer, getting wasted and hanging out in packed houses full of great people.