The Rick Gilmour Show

The Rick Gilmour Show

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The Rick Gilmour Show episodes

  • Bye Bye Bill Clinton
    Rick starts out the show by questioning why certain groups of people demand certain rights but the other group has none. The show ends with a bunch of Clinton song parodies.
    32 min
  • Election Mess and Rush Limbaugh
    Rick tells a story about him and the late Gary Schwartz meeting some girls (Britney and Rachel) at Edisons Pub in the Tremont neighborhood. The meeting soon turns into a politics discussion and the names of Al Gore, Rush Limbaugh, George Bush, and Ralph Nader are brought up. Rick has a promotional ticket giveaway for... Read More
    2 hr 12 min
  • 60s Radical Fugitive Howard Mechanic
    Rick talks about Howard Mechanic, a man accused of throwing a cherry bomb at the university’s ROTC building during a Vietnam war protest in May 1970. He was found after hiding for 28 years and sentenced to over 5 years in Federal prison Civil Obedience Act of 1968. It turns out he never even threw... Read More
    48 min
  • Open Lines & Marijuana Reform
    Rick starts the show off by mentioning that a hip-hop concert promoter was going to have OJ Simpson come to the concert and throw out autographed balls in an effort to heal race relations after a Cincinnati riot the previous year. Rick talks to Mike from The Midnight Movie. The evils, or the not so... Read More
    56 min
  • The Great Beer Robbery Of 1977
    Shawnell calls in. Rick then tells a story about himself, 3 friends, a 7-11 and some beer. He gives a mention to Fuzzy’s Tavern in North Olmsted. A catchy “Gillys on the air and you know everything is alright” ends the segment.
    14 min
  • Good Cop Stories
    Rick was known to support the police and be critical if deserved. This show he has his callers call in and relate some positive interactions they have had. Interesting tidbit, Someone from the Mentor Ohio Police Department calls in and talks about the problems the department was having with Chief Amiott at the time.
    1 hr 25 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.