By now, everyone knows the story about how, in 1988, Chapman asked his KVIL listeners to send in $20 each, without ever saying why, and took in $240,000. I was driving an older beat-up Nissan, and my alternator went out one night while on the way to work. Ron Chapman was born on 25 January 1936 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA. RIP Ron pic.twitter.com . Ron Chapman Obituary Kvil Death | Obituary | Ron Chapman Dead | Died | Has Passed Away | Funeral Plans - We are immensely sad . Brings new meaning to the phrase Sunday Funday. But the most telling aspect of Ron Chapmans house may be his shower. *To hear some classic clips of Chapman from the old KLIF days, go to www.reelradio.com/se and www.historyofklif.com. Chapman moved to KVIL a decade later, after the station briefly flirted with Top 40 in an attempt to topple the mighty KLIF. And this was totally not intended. He claims more listeners than any DJ in Texas. Jody Dean was Chapmans producer at KVIL from 1987 to 1994. Chapman died Monday at the age of 85, the Texas Radio Hall of Fame announced on its Facebook page. [2] Weve become Coke. The piece coincided with Chapmans 20th anniversary at KVIL, where, The News noted, His hyper, happy-talk Ron Chapman and the Morning Group has been the almost-constant No. And thats a problem KVIL itself will have to face one of these days. Im talking to a thirty-year-old female. List Of Coronavirus Testing Sites In Texas, Legendary radio host Ron Chapman has passed away, Featured Image Photo Credit: Courtesy Mitch Carr, Bankman-Fried might use flip phone under stricter bail plan, Woman accused of killing ill husband released from jail, Alaska's arduous Iditarod kicks off with ceremonial start, Snow blankets Northeast as cleanup begins from deadly storm, Civilians flee embattled town as Ukrainian pullout looms. Suzie was initially an airborne reporter, but was later given her trademark "KVIL-o-Van" (bearing the vanity plate, "SOOZIE.") Her efforts were honored in 2004 as an inductee to the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. Selden, now an aide at a substance abuse clinic in Tyler, believes that Chapman has accomplished what it took him much longer to do: harness a runaway ego and put it to good use. I tell people this story, and they think its one of those urban legends. It wont work for you.. But I got my bucketful of him a long time ago. He seems completely oblivious to his subjects, the teeming thousands of Little People trapped and fuming in the traffic below. Name another program director or air person of any type anywhere in the country who would come in at 11 oclock and cut a promo thats going to run overnight. The Amp is now playing a handful of pop-radio hits, by the likes of Bruno Mars and Taylor Swift and DJ Snake, over and over and over, ad infinitum. No dice. Three Time Texas Radio Hall Of Famer, Ron Chapman Has Died
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