The Rick Gilmour Show

The Rick Gilmour Show

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The Rick Gilmour Show episodes

  • A sober Rick Calls into Dricore
    A sober Rick Calls into The Dricore show that aired on wcsb. This was back in 2009 long after he left commercial radio. Rick talks about reading Allen Ginsbergs Howl and getting terminated. J . Edgar Hoover and his blackmail way of leadership is touched upon. Pigman (or the fake pigman) calls in. Rick talks... Read More
    55 min
  • Rick as a caller to Dricore on wcsb
    This excerpt is from 06-03-2009 when Rick calls into the Dricore show that aired on wcsb. Rick talks about an upcoming 30 year high school reunion and how he hated high school. Also discussed is his recent birthday party and blogs. Once again Gilly is not running the show, he is just a caller and... Read More
    42 min
  • Myspace and Dricore
    Rick is on the party line on Dricores radio show at wcsb. Myspace is discussed along with making friends online. Uncle Vic is mentioned. This show is edited from a 5-20-2009 Dricore show to include Gillys input.
    54 min
  • Gilly on Dricore @ WCSB 5-13-2009
    Rick calls into the Dricore show which aired on WCSB Cleveland State University radio. No money Mark joins the conversation. Cleveland’s John Demjanjuk is discussed. Some good crank callers call in to interrupt the show. Farrah Fawcett was on her death bed and they let her son out of jail to visit. Patrick Swayze was... Read More
    1 hr 6 min
  • Christmas Carol and Gilly on Dricore radio
    Once again, another show where Rick is a caller and not a host. The beginning of the show is almost unbearable to listen to as Christmas Carol rambles on and Rick demonstrates his patience of a Biblical Job in dealing with Carols lunacy. Towards the end it gets funnier as Rick demonstrates his ability to... Read More
    55 min
  • Rick as a caller to Crap Radio at wcsb
    Rick calls into Crap Radio hosted by Keith Newman at WCSB. This is Rick as a caller, not a host contributing to a party line sort of talk show. Older men with younger women and welfare are discussed. Excerpt taken from 4-27-2009 Crap Radio Show which aired on wcsb.
    13 min
  • Combo of Rick Calling into Dricore and Ray Carr on WCSB
    This is 3 clips of Rick calling into the Dricore Show on wcsb. They are from Dricore’s shows that aired on 11-19-2008, 04-01-2009 and 04-22-2009. He only had brief calls and that is why they are combined. Rick appears to be somewhat intoxicated and Dricore does not have the patience to deal with him on... Read More
    20 min
  • Ray Carr and Gilly on WCSB
    This is edited down from the 6 hour original file of the Dricore show of 04-15-2009 and contains Rick “Gilly” Gilmour’s contribution. Dricore was no where to be found and Ray Carr hosted it along with Jorge (maybe George) Rodriguez. The name is too common for me to identify, but interesting none the less. In... Read More
    1 hr 49 min
  • Dricore and Rick VT shooting and Christmas Carol
    Rick calls into Dricore’s wcsb show from 04-18-2007. They discuss Seung-Hui Cho, the Virginia Tech shooter. Christmas Carol calls in and it is apparent that Rick does not want to deal with her at all and starts letting her have it. Rick has some good insights on the downside of radio and how callers don’t... Read More
    38 min

About The Rick Gilmour Show

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Rick Gilmour was a Cleveland Radio personality, either as a caller or as a host. He started off his radio presence as a caller into wcsb (Cleveland State University) radio shows during the 80s to mid 90s. He was never actually a student or alumni of CSU, but he was on air so often, everyone thought he was. If he wasn't calling in, he was invited in studio as a guest. He hosted brokered radio shown on WERE in the mid 90's. He was booted off the air at WERE when he read Alan Ginsberg's "Howl" after a listener complained. Nothing wrong or illegal occurred seeing as it was during safe harbor hours, but it was too much for management to deal with. In 1997 he was hired by WTAM to replace Morton Downey Jr's failed radio show. He kept the WTAM slot until 2004 and gained a national audience. He basically was pushed out the door at WTAM by a reduction in hours, it seems management did not like his opinion of the US involvement in Iraq. A failed marriage and loss of his producer, Gary Schwartz didn't help matters. He also was involved in a radio feud with Craig Callander of 669 radio which resulted in charges being brought against Callander. From what I have read, it seems totally blown out of proportion and Callander really didn't do anything to warrant such charges. You can read the below references and come to your own conclusion. It seems half the people hated Gilly and half the people loved him, callers on Wainstead All Night started a Gilly hate club and additional supporters started their own version of support. He was filled with tons of useful and useless facts which helped keep a show (whether he was calling in or hosting) going, even in the crappy early morning hours. I don't think we will ever see a local radio personality again with his ability, wit and charm. He had his opinions, and yes they could be strong ones, but didn't persecute others with opposing views. I think corporate radio sort of disillusioned him and he saw it wasn't about beliefs or quality, it was all about the money. Rick wasn't perfect, had some issues and made some enemies along the way. There is not that much out there about him, but he contributed more to Cleveland radio than Kid Leo ever did. The Rick Gilmour Shows provided here are used with the permission of clevelandlivemusic and can be found here with a video format that contains images and video to go along with the show. A much better experience if you are sitting down in front of a computer.