As a young teenager, he would listen to the radio in his homes basement, where he pretended to be the dj. Andromus later expresses a great interest in wolfman jack when he connects wolfman to radio transmissions the night the cylons. Alice cooper, brian wilson, mike love, frankie valli, mick fleetwood, howard stern and george. The wolfman jackrichard dreyfuss scenes inside the radio station in american graffiti were filmed in the studios of kre in berkeley, calif. The broadcasts come to us from his producer and fellow dj at the time on xerb rick ward who is also a dj here at rockit radio.
Its a mixture of crazy patter, great oldies, and nutty commercials, all of it presided by radios first true wild man. Listen free to wolfman jack satisfaction live radio. Abba fernando wolfman jack show 1976 by thepiperchile. Robert weston smith, known as wolfman jack january 21, 1938 july 1, 1995, was an american disc jockey. Famous for his gravelly voice, he credited it for his success.
He is known for his trademark wolfhowl and the catchphrase of oh, yeah. Listen to albums by wolfman jack on myspace, stream free online music by wolfman jack. The wolfman jack show is licensed as a 5 hour weekly show, delivered via digital download. His black, broadbrimmed hat with a silver band rested atop. Even though smith was managing a minneapolis radio station, he was still broadcasting as wolfman jack on xerf via taped. Weather minimal, hot, a little exciting and even smooth music wolfman radio has them all in their beautiful playlist. With chuck berry, leif garrett, wolfman jack, michael jackson. Robert weston bob smith 21 january 1938 1 july 1995 was a gravellyvoiced disc jockey who became world famous in the 1960s and 1970s under the stage name of wolfman jack. By this time, the wolfman jack radio show, had been on xerf for nearly 5 years and was now also on xerfs popular 100,000 watt sister station, xerb, which covered the entire west coast of the u. Plus 2 special shows exclusively thru rockit radio on the story of wolfman jack called wolfman jack and the border blasters pt. Jon michaels sioux falls dj wolfman jack sports radio kwsn. The worlds most famous radio dj comes back thanks to the magic of technology and he can be heard exclusively on 92.
Nick barraclough tells the story of the first pirate radio stations that sprang up across the rio grande in mexico in the 1950s and paved the way for the extraordinary career of maverick dj and wild man, wolfman jack. Wolfman jack ferry maat soulshow jingle 1 by ferry maat. The story of wolfman jack, the most famous voice in radio. Listen to wolfman jack 2 soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create 4 tracks. Xerb 1090 radio southern california giant wolfman jack. Wolfmans legend lives on today thanks to xm satellite radio. Play the audio below and hear the wolfman character on his syndicated radio show which was heard every week around the world on 2,000 radio stations during the 70s and 80s. Fran hosts the party on the radio every saturday on gold. They love his outrageous persona and the great music he plays. Born bob smith in brooklyn, he developed an interest in radio broadcasting as a youngster. The rockit radio launching pad click here for the rockit store is currently selling uncut and unedited wolfman jack radio broadcasts from the 1960s and 1970s. The american graffiti movie about the cruising babyboom generation set in 1962 seemed like the story of my life.
For millions, wolfman jack was the worlds most famous disc jockey for the rocknroll generation of the 60s on radio, and later on television during the 70s. In the 1970s, the wolfman was heard on 2200 radio stations in over 40 countries worldwide. Wolfman jack was born on january 21, 1938 in brooklyn, new york, usa as robert weston smith. Welcome to wolfman radio fully licenced to broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The personal story of wolfman jack reveals the advent of his alter ego, multiple broadcast successes, appearance in american grafitti, battle with drugs, and. The history of notorious border blaster xerb is the stuff that legends are made of. This is where listeners will find various types of entertaining music for their listening feed. The rockit radio launching pad click here for the rockit store is currently selling 3 vintage wolf man jack radio broadcasts from 1967, 1969 and 1970. Each hour has 48 minutes of show content with 12 minutes of blank commercial spots for your station to offer your advertisers. Wolfman jack, kqll tulsa ok october 27 1994 b mitchel reed, wolfman jack, the real don steele, radio north america 1970 a tribute to wolfman jack, 1995 part one a tribute to wolfman jack, 1995 part two a tribute to wolfman jack, 1995 part three a tribute to wolfman jack, 1995 part four usaf presents wolfman jack halloween 1975.
Born in a sleepy seaside village in the 1930s, xerb grew up to be one of the most famous radio stations in the world, with a blowtorch signal that sent the voice of the fabled wolfman jack to all corners of the. Stream live events, live playbyplay nfl, mlb, nba, nhl, college football, ncaa basketball, and premier league matches. Every night for over six decades, millions of people have listened to wolfman jack on the radio. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The top radio content and podcast episodes about wolfman jack that we select for. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. See more ideas about wolfman jack, american graffiti and childhood memories.
Wolfman jack radio show available for your station. The 10 best wolfman jack podcast and radio episodes in 2019. This is not a recording or recreation of a wolfman jack radio show. Some were for domestic radio but were sponsored by the us air force those will be obvious, though not because they are a bit tamer than the standard shows. Brand partners boost plans developers jobs blog mixcloud 2020popular wolfman jack shows. Classic wolfman jack features comedy, calls and the greatest hits of the 60s, 70s. We pride ourselves on live shows and unique presenters, so there are no podcasts or repeat shows. Like all the wolfman jacks graffiti gold series each disc has 10 songs, most of which have been rerecorded in modern studios with a minimal amount of instrumentation. Stream tracks and playlists from wolfman jack 2 on your desktop or mobile device. He was a radioshow host right up until his death, broadcasting his last oldies but goodies show friday night from a planet hollywood restaurant. Wolfman jack xerb rosarito beach, mexico 1968 by free the airchecks. Major music artists such as todd rundgren, leon russell, freddie king and the guess who, all produced charttopping hits written about the wolfman.
Wolfman jack shows mixcloud making radio better mixcloud. The station is being refurbished as a broadcasting museum by the california historical radio society, and the studio has been reconfigured to the layout in place when wolfmans scenes were filmed. Usage public domain topics wolfman jack, xerb, radio, rosarito beach, mexico, aircheck. The license grants rights to broadcast all weekly shows twice during any calendar week.
Wolfman jack is a radio personality at wqsl, a radio station in new york city, new york, america on earth. Listen to songs by wolfman jack on myspace, a place where people come to connect, discover, and share. Writing jokes for wolfman was one of the highlights of my career. Have mercy confessions of the original rock n roll animal. The wolfman jack story is a feature length documentary film on the life and career of the legendary radio personality. An actual wolfman jack broadcast from border radio station xerb in the late 1960s.
Wolfman jacks gravelly, rapidfire delivery blared from a boombox at his gravestone saturdayjust the way he would have wanted it. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. I am california girl and all i knew growing up was listening to wolfman jack radio. Wolfman jack ferry maat soulshow jingle 1 by ferry maat published on 20141109t08. With wolfman radio listeners gets the pleasure to be with music all day long. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from wolfman jack. Welcome to the official wolfman jack merchandise shop here at. Xerb 1090is taking you backto the sunny days and starfilled nights of southern california summer in the sixties. Grab your transistor radio and tune your dial to the monster sound of southern california giant. Wolfman jack was born robert weston smith, in brooklyn, new york, on january 21, 1938. He is first mentioned to the cylons andromus andy and centuri by shirley blore.
740 1204 1304 1462 1483 1444 781 518 767 1041 352 1095 917 874 111 120 1017 1293 197 1390 654 595 1135 449 572 425 385 895 443 955 95 216 40 1435 1045 1304 20 648 873