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⚫ '''Morning zoo''' is a format of morning ] show common to English-language radio ].<ref>{{cite news | first=Alexander | last=Zaitchik | coauthors= | title=The making of Glenn Beck: His roots, from the alleged suicide of his mom to Top 40 radio to the birth of the morning zoo. Part 1 of 3 | date=2009-09-21 | publisher= | url =http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/21/glenn_beck/print.html | work =] | pages = | accessdate = 2009-10-06 | language = }}</ref> The name is derived from the "wackiness and zaniness" of the activities, bits, and overall personality of the show and its hosts. The morning zoo concept and name is most often deployed on ] (CHR-]) radio stations.
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⚫ '''Morning zoo''' is a format of morning ] common to English-language radio ].<ref>{{cite news | first=Alexander | last=Zaitchik | title=The Making of Glenn Beck: His Roots, from the Alleged Suicide of His Mom to Top 40 Radio to the Birth of the Morning Zoo, Part 1 of 3 | date=September 21, 2009 | url =http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/21/glenn_beck/print.html | work =] | accessdate = October 6, 2009 }}</ref> The name is derived from the wackiness and zaniness of the activities, segments, and overall personality of the show and its hosts. The morning zoo concept and name is most often deployed on ] radio stations.


A morning zoo typically consists of two or more radio personalities, usually capable of spontaneous comedic interaction as well as competent delivery of news and service elements. Most morning zoo programs involve scripted or live telephone calls, on-air games and regular contests. A morning zoo typically consists of two or more radio personalities, usually capable of spontaneous comic interaction as well as competent delivery of news and service elements. Most morning zoo programs involve scripted or live telephone calls, on-air games, and regular contests.


==History== ==History==
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The first morning zoo program, focusing on the zany interactions of two hosts, was conceived and performed by ] and ] of ] in ], known as Q105 FM. Wheeler had been serving as the ] hosting the morning drive program for the station's previous four years. Shannon was the new operations manager in 1981. The two decided to break with tradition and work up a wilder show together, founded on their own playful, irreverent and provocative interaction, with spontaneous bits of parody and comedy leavened with straight news. They called the show the "Q Morning Zoo", and it quickly became a hit. At its height it had 85 people working to produce it.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://tbo.com/news/recalling-the-days-of-q-morning-zoo-245349 |title=Recalling the days of Q Morning Zoo |last=Belcher |first=Walt |date=July 21, 2011 |newspaper=The Tampa Tribune }}</ref> The first morning zoo program, focusing on the zany interactions of two hosts, was conceived and performed in 1981 by ] and ] of ] in ], known at the time as Q105 FM. Wheeler had been serving as the ] hosting the morning drive program for the station's previous four years. Shannon was the new operations manager in January 1981.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61192835/cleveland-wheeler-scott-shannon-know/ |title=Cleveland Wheeler, Scott Shannon know what it's like to work in a zoo |date=July 15, 1981 |last=Goldstein |first=Linda |newspaper=] |page=B1 |via=]}}{{open access}}</ref> The two decided to break with tradition and work up a wilder show together, founded on their own playful, irreverent and provocative interaction, with spontaneous bits of parody and comedy leavened with straight news. They called the show the ''Q Morning Zoo'', and it quickly became a hit. At its height it had 85 people working to produce it.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://tbo.com/news/recalling-the-days-of-q-morning-zoo-245349 |title=Recalling the Days of Q Morning Zoo |last=Belcher |first=Walt |date=July 21, 2011 |newspaper=The Tampa Tribune}}</ref>


⚫ In July 1983, Shannon left Tampa to reinvent ] "Z-100" in the ] market, based out of ]. On August 2, Shannon hosted the first ''Z Morning Zoo'' at WHTZ, soon settling into a team which included straight man Ross Brittain, newscaster Claire Stevens, public service director Professor Jonathan B. Bell, 22-year-old "Captain" Kevin on the phones, and production manager J. R. Nelson. Shannon's popular new format brought WHTZ from last place to first in just 74 days, and put longtime ratings champion morning DJ ] in second place.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z-cCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46 |page=46 |title=The Wizard of Z100: Scott Shannon, Tops in Pop Radio |last=Schwartz |first=Tony |date=April 2, 1984 |journal=New York |volume=17 |number=14 |issn=0028-7369}}</ref> When WHTZ proved a huge success, the name and format of the "Morning Zoo" was copied by stations across the US.
Prior to this development, radio station ] in Dallas was known as "the Zoo" because of its call letters. Beginning in September–October 1976, morning DJ ] hosted a zany show initially named "Zooloos In Your Morning", the name a play on the ].<ref>, Charlie Kendall, KZEW, September 1976.</ref><ref>, KZEW.</ref> However, Kendall's was a one-man show, not a "zoo" with multiple radio personalities.


⚫ ] was a program director at ] rock station ] when they adopted the morning zoo concept in early 1984. Gorman traced the sequence of events: {{quotation|We borrowed the 'Morning Zoo' moniker from our New York sister station Z-100, which borrowed it from WRBQ in Tampa, which borrowed it from a station in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gorman |first=John |date=September 9, 2009|title=Jeff and Flash and the Buzzard Morning Zoo|url=http://buzzardbook.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/761/|work=BuzzardBook |publisher=WordPress.com|accessdate=November 16, 2011}}</ref>}}
⚫ In July 1983, Shannon left Tampa to reinvent ] "Z-100" in the New York City market, based out of ]. On August 2, Shannon hosted the first "Z Morning Zoo" at WHTZ, soon settling into a team which included straight man Ross Brittain, newscaster Claire Stevens, public service director Professor Jonathan B. Bell, 22-year-old "Captain" Kevin on the phones, and production manager J.R. Nelson. Shannon's popular new format brought WHTZ from last place to first in just 74 days, and put longtime #1 morning DJ ] in second place.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Z-cCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46 |page=46 |title=The Wizard of Z100: Scott Shannon – Tops in Pop Radio |last=Schwartz |first=Tony |date=April 2, 1984 |journal=New York Magazine |volume=17 |number=14 |issn=0028-7369 }}</ref> When WHTZ became a huge ratings success, the name and format of the "Morning Zoo" was copied by stations across the USA.


⚫ Tampa's WRBQ continued to run the morning zoo show after Shannon left; Wheeler teamed with Terrence McKeever and others to keep the show a success.<ref>{{cite book |title=Cookin' with the Q-Zoo: Radio's 'Red Hot' Recipe Book |page=6 |first1=Joyce S. |last1=Lafray |first2=Gloria M. |last2=Slaughter |publisher=Seaside Publishing |year=1984 |isbn=0942084195}}</ref> Other US stations that adopted the morning zoo program in the early-to-mid-1980s include ] in Houston in 1982, ] in ], in April 1983,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pwB6LQrNdtUC&pg=PA77 |page=77 |title=The Cash Cage |last=Deitz |first=Corey |publisher=Lessons from Camp |year=2004 |isbn=1591135370}}</ref> ] with the ''Harper & Gannon'' show<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/136774/80s-morning-co-host-steve-gannon-passes|title='80s Morning Co-Host Steve Gannon Passes|website=All Access|language=en|access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref> by early 1983,<ref>{{Citation|title=1983 WNIC Detroit Commercial : Harper & Gannon|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55L_JO2THHI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/55L_JO2THHI |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-10-17}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ] in San Francisco in early 1984,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=riQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA5 |page=19 |last=Bornstein |first=Rollye |magazine=Billboard |title=Vox Jox |date=March 9, 1985 |volume=97 |number=10 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> ] in ], by late 1984,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MiQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT18 |page=19 |last=Freeman |first=Kim |magazine=Billboard |title=Vox Jox |date=October 13, 1984 |volume=96 |number=38 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> ] in Boston by November 1984,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FCUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20 |page=20 |last=Bornstein |first=Rollye |magazine=Billboard |title=Vox Jox |date=November 10, 1984 |volume=96 |number=45 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> ] "Z-93" in ] in March 1985, ] in ] in early 1985,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7CQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT21 |page=22 |last=Bornstein |first=Rollye |magazine=Billboard |title=Vox Jox |date=January 26, 1985 |volume=97 |number=4 |issn=0006-2510 }}</ref> ] "Q102" and ]'s ''Dawn Patrol'' in Cincinnati by October 1985,<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XR8DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24 |page=24 |title=Cincinnati's Wake-Up Call |last=DiLonardo |first=Mary Jo |date=October 1985 |journal=Cincinnati Magazine |volume=19 |number=1 |issn=0746-8210}}</ref> and ] in ] in September 1985,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT13 |page=14 |last=Freeman |first=Kim |magazine=Billboard |title=Vox Jox |date=September 28, 1985 |volume=97 |number=38 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> among others.
⚫ ] was a program director at ] rock station ] when they adopted the morning zoo concept in early 1984. Gorman traced the sequence of events: {{quotation|We borrowed the 'Morning Zoo' moniker from our New York sister station Z-100, which borrowed it from WRBQ in Tampa, which borrowed it from a station in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|author=Gorman, John|date=September 9, 2009|title=Jeff and Flash and the Buzzard Morning Zoo|url=http://buzzardbook.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/761/|work=BuzzardBook.WordPress.com|publisher=WordPress.com|accessdate=November 16, 2011}}</ref>}}

⚫ Tampa's WRBQ continued to run the morning zoo show after Shannon left; Wheeler teamed with Terrence McKeever and others to keep the show a success.<ref>{{cite book |title=Cookin' with the Q-Zoo: Radio's "Red Hot" Recipe Book |page=6 |first1=Joyce S. |last1=Lafray |first2=Gloria M. |last2=Slaughter |publisher=Seaside Publishing |year=1984 isbn=0942084195}}</ref> Other US stations that adopted the morning zoo program in the early-to-mid-1980s include ] in Houston in 1982, ] in ], in April 1983,<ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=pwB6LQrNdtUC&pg=PA77 |page=77 |title=The Cash Cage |last=Deitz |first=Corey |publisher=Lessons from Camp |year=2004 |isbn=1591135370}}</ref> ] in San Francisco in early 1984,<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=riQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA5 |page=19 |last=Bornstein |first=Rollye |journal=Billboard |title=Vox Jox |date=March 9, 1985 |volume=97 |number=10 |issn=0006-2510 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media}}</ref> ] in ], by late 1984,<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=MiQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT18 |page=19 |last=Freeman |first=Kim |journal=Billboard |title=Vox Jox |date=October 13, 1984 |volume=96 |number=38 |issn=0006-2510 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media}}</ref> ] in Boston by November 1984,<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FCUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20 |page=20 |last=Bornstein |first=Rollye |journal=Billboard |title=Vox Jox |date=November 10, 1984 |volume=96 |number=45 |issn=0006-2510 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media}}</ref> ] in southeast Massachusetts in early 1985,<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7CQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT21 |page=22 |last=Bornstein |first=Rollye |journal=Billboard |title=Vox Jox |date=January 26, 1985 |volume=97 |number=4 |issn=0006-2510 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media}}</ref> ] "Q102" and ]'s "Dawn Patrol" in Cincinnati by October 1985,<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=XR8DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24 |page=24 |title=Cincinnati's Wake-Up Call |last=DiLonardo |first=Mary Jo |date=October 1985 |journal=Cincinnati Magazine |volume=19 |number=1 |issn=0746-8210 |publisher=Emmis Communications}}</ref> and ] in ] in September 1985.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=vCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT13 |page=14 |last=Freeman |first=Kim |journal=Billboard |title=Vox Jox |date=September 28, 1985 |volume=97 |number=38 |issn=0006-2510 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media}}</ref>


==Shows== ==Shows==
In Australia, the morning zoo format was heard on ] as '']'', amongst other stations, including ] in ], whose version of the morning zoo was the highest rating breakfast show there between 1985 and 1990.
In Australia, the morning zoo format is heard on ] as ']', amongst other stations. The ] show originated as a morning zoo show at ] in the 1980s, and retained some elements of the format. In Vancouver, British Columbia, LG73 (call sign ]) adopted this format for its popular morning program, led by Dean Hill, from 1985 to 1993. Personalities of note included "Jon Bon Bichin'", "Constable Bob", "Uncle Angus", and "The Coach". The LG Morning Zoo featured a house band "The LG Morning Zoo Cement Heads", who recorded parodies of popular songs, such as "Yack Yack", a spoof of the Paul Lekakis hit "Boom Boom", "Change of Socks", poking fun at Cyndi Lauper's "Change of Heart", and "(Baby You Can't) Drive Your Car", mocking the provincial government's automobile insurance monopoly ICBC, to the tune of the Beatles' "Drive My Car".

The '']'' show originated as a morning zoo show at ] in the 1980s, and retained some elements of the format.

In ], ], LG73 (call sign ]) adopted this format for its popular morning program, led by Dean Hill, from 1985 to 1993.


In Quebec City, CJMF-FM 93.3 had "Le Zoo du 93" from 1985 to 1990. Not only does the show still hold a number of records in terms of ratings and market shares (a quarter hour of 148,000 listeners), but it also skyrocketed the station to now unreachable numbers, with 573,200 listeners on a weekly basis (according to the BBM summer 1987 survey). In Quebec City, CJMF-FM 93.3 had ''Le Zoo du 93'' from 1985 to 1990. Not only does the show still hold a number of records in terms of ratings and market shares (a quarter-hour of 148,000 listeners), but it also skyrocketed the station to now unreachable numbers, with 573,200 listeners on a weekly basis (according to the BBM summer 1987 survey).


In the UK, ] (currently of ]) is famous for revolutionizing British radio by introducing the format when he started his '']'' show on ].<ref></ref> ] and "Comedy" ] also used the zoo format with great success. Their audience was measured at eight million listeners by ]. ] introduced the format to the UK when in 1981 he started his '']'' show on ] which featured his "posse" of co-presenters and features.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/wright/biography_steve.shtml |publisher=BBC Radio 2 |title=Steve Wright in the Afternoon: Steve Wright}}</ref> ] and ] also used the zoo format. Their audience was measured at eight million listeners by ], and ] also revolutionized British radio by introducing the format when on 23 May 1988 he took over '']'' from ] on ] which also featured co-presenters including news anchor Rod McKenzie and sidekick weather and travel girls, including Carol Dooley, ], ] and ], and the show's producer ] who made regular speaking contributions. The programme also became known for various features, including ], the long-running cryptic game '']'', where Mayo and his co hosts would 'act' a short scene which cryptically led listeners to the title of a hit song, and also his '']'' feature where members of the public sought absolution for their (often frivolous or humorous) "sins".


The format is used on stations of many different genres. Even Christian radio stations such as ] in New Jersey have a morning zoo.<ref>{{cite news | first=David | last=Segal | coauthors= | title=Christian Radio Gets Closer to the Morning-Madness Crowd | date=2006-05-14 | publisher= | url =http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/14/AR2007031402465.html | work =] | pages = | accessdate = 2007-07-15 | language = }}</ref> The format is used on stations of many different genres. Even ] stations such as ] in New Jersey have a morning zoo.<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Segal |title=Christian Radio Gets Closer to the Morning-Madness Crowd |date=May 14, 2006 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/14/AR2007031402465.html |newspaper=] |accessdate=July 15, 2007}}</ref>


Dayton, Ohio, Classic Hits radio station ] reunited Dr. Dave<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/entertainment/legendary-voice-returning-dayton-radio-station/FpggaGe5KqvskStNdkeKpI/|title=Legendary voice Dr. Dave returning to Dayton radio {{!}} Dayton, Ohio|work=springfieldnewssun|access-date=2017-04-11|language=en}}</ref> Gross and Wild Bill originally from the ''Z Morning Zoo'' on ] in Dayton. The show is now called ''The Eagle Morning Zoo''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://radioink.com/2017/02/10/return-of-a-legend/|title=Return Of A Legend|last=Ink|first=Radio|date=2017-02-10|website=Radio Ink|access-date=2017-04-11}}</ref>
==Criticism==
Morning zoo jocks have often have a reputation for being immature, unintelligent, and risque, and have often been cited as one of the top least respected occupations along with ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite news | first=David | last=Segal | coauthors= | title=Christian Radio Gets Closer to the Morning-Madness Crowd | date=2006-05-14 | publisher= | url =http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/14/AR2007031402465.html | work =] | pages = | accessdate = 2007-07-15 | language = }}</ref>


==See also== ==See also==
*] – an annual parody of "Rocktober" by '']'' that involves critiquing local market Morning Zoo format radio shows.
*] *]
*'']'' – most-listened-to US "morning zoo"<ref>{{cite web|title=Elvis Duran and the Morning Show|url=http://www.premierenetworks.com/Pages/Elvis-Duran-and-the-Morning-Show.aspx |publisher=premierenetworks.com |accessdate=2020-06-24}}</ref>
*], Detroit morning zoo


==References== ==References==
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Format of morning radio show

Morning zoo is a format of morning radio show common to English-language radio broadcasting. The name is derived from the wackiness and zaniness of the activities, segments, and overall personality of the show and its hosts. The morning zoo concept and name is most often deployed on Top 40 (CHR) radio stations.

A morning zoo typically consists of two or more radio personalities, usually capable of spontaneous comic interaction as well as competent delivery of news and service elements. Most morning zoo programs involve scripted or live telephone calls, on-air games, and regular contests.

History

Scott Shannon in 1985

The first morning zoo program, focusing on the zany interactions of two hosts, was conceived and performed in 1981 by Scott Shannon and Cleveland Wheeler of WRBQ-FM in Tampa, Florida, known at the time as Q105 FM. Wheeler had been serving as the personality DJ hosting the morning drive program for the station's previous four years. Shannon was the new operations manager in January 1981. The two decided to break with tradition and work up a wilder show together, founded on their own playful, irreverent and provocative interaction, with spontaneous bits of parody and comedy leavened with straight news. They called the show the Q Morning Zoo, and it quickly became a hit. At its height it had 85 people working to produce it.

In July 1983, Shannon left Tampa to reinvent WHTZ "Z-100" in the New York City market, based out of Secaucus, New Jersey. On August 2, Shannon hosted the first Z Morning Zoo at WHTZ, soon settling into a team which included straight man Ross Brittain, newscaster Claire Stevens, public service director Professor Jonathan B. Bell, 22-year-old "Captain" Kevin on the phones, and production manager J. R. Nelson. Shannon's popular new format brought WHTZ from last place to first in just 74 days, and put longtime ratings champion morning DJ Don Imus in second place. When WHTZ proved a huge success, the name and format of the "Morning Zoo" was copied by stations across the US.

John Gorman was a program director at Cleveland rock station WMMS when they adopted the morning zoo concept in early 1984. Gorman traced the sequence of events:

We borrowed the 'Morning Zoo' moniker from our New York sister station Z-100, which borrowed it from WRBQ in Tampa, which borrowed it from a station in Australia.

Tampa's WRBQ continued to run the morning zoo show after Shannon left; Wheeler teamed with Terrence McKeever and others to keep the show a success. Other US stations that adopted the morning zoo program in the early-to-mid-1980s include KKBQ-FM in Houston in 1982, WRVQ in Richmond, Virginia, in April 1983, WNIC with the Harper & Gannon show by early 1983, KMEL in San Francisco in early 1984, KFMB-FM in San Diego, California, by late 1984, WZOU in Boston by November 1984, WGTZ "Z-93" in Dayton, Ohio in March 1985, WKPE-FM in Orleans, Massachusetts in early 1985, WKRQ "Q102" and WEBN's Dawn Patrol in Cincinnati by October 1985, and WNVZ in Norfolk, Virginia in September 1985, among others.

Shows

In Australia, the morning zoo format was heard on Triple M as The Cage, amongst other stations, including SAFM in Adelaide, whose version of the morning zoo was the highest rating breakfast show there between 1985 and 1990.

The Don and Mike show originated as a morning zoo show at WAVA-FM in the 1980s, and retained some elements of the format.

In Vancouver, British Columbia, LG73 (call sign CKLG) adopted this format for its popular morning program, led by Dean Hill, from 1985 to 1993.

In Quebec City, CJMF-FM 93.3 had Le Zoo du 93 from 1985 to 1990. Not only does the show still hold a number of records in terms of ratings and market shares (a quarter-hour of 148,000 listeners), but it also skyrocketed the station to now unreachable numbers, with 573,200 listeners on a weekly basis (according to the BBM summer 1987 survey).

Steve Wright introduced the format to the UK when in 1981 he started his Steve Wright in the Afternoon show on BBC Radio 1 which featured his "posse" of co-presenters and features. Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave also used the zoo format. Their audience was measured at eight million listeners by RAJAR, and Simon Mayo also revolutionized British radio by introducing the format when on 23 May 1988 he took over Radio 1 Breakfast from Mike Smith on BBC Radio 1 which also featured co-presenters including news anchor Rod McKenzie and sidekick weather and travel girls, including Carol Dooley, Sybil Ruscoe, Jackie Brambles and Dianne Oxberry, and the show's producer Ric Blaxill who made regular speaking contributions. The programme also became known for various features, including On This Day In History, the long-running cryptic game The Identik-Hit Quiz, where Mayo and his co hosts would 'act' a short scene which cryptically led listeners to the title of a hit song, and also his Confessions feature where members of the public sought absolution for their (often frivolous or humorous) "sins".

The format is used on stations of many different genres. Even Christian radio stations such as WAWZ in New Jersey have a morning zoo.

Dayton, Ohio, Classic Hits radio station WZLR reunited Dr. Dave Gross and Wild Bill originally from the Z Morning Zoo on WGTZ in Dayton. The show is now called The Eagle Morning Zoo.

See also

References

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  5. Gorman, John (September 9, 2009). "Jeff and Flash and the Buzzard Morning Zoo". BuzzardBook. WordPress.com. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
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  7. Deitz, Corey (2004). The Cash Cage. Lessons from Camp. p. 77. ISBN 1591135370.
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  13. Bornstein, Rollye (January 26, 1985). "Vox Jox". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 4. p. 22. ISSN 0006-2510.
  14. DiLonardo, Mary Jo (October 1985). "Cincinnati's Wake-Up Call". Cincinnati Magazine. 19 (1): 24. ISSN 0746-8210.
  15. Freeman, Kim (September 28, 1985). "Vox Jox". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 38. p. 14. ISSN 0006-2510.
  16. "Steve Wright in the Afternoon: Steve Wright". BBC Radio 2.
  17. Segal, David (May 14, 2006). "Christian Radio Gets Closer to the Morning-Madness Crowd". Washington Post. Retrieved July 15, 2007.
  18. "Legendary voice Dr. Dave returning to Dayton radio | Dayton, Ohio". springfieldnewssun. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  19. Ink, Radio (February 10, 2017). "Return Of A Legend". Radio Ink. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  20. "Elvis Duran and the Morning Show". premierenetworks.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
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