WPOP
program director
Dan Clayton |
The
"help wanted" ad to the right contains
more than a tinge of frustration. Dan
Clayton started at WPOP in January 1967,
replacing Woody
Roberts as program director a year later.
WPOP
had a reputation for talented jocks, but the
place was a revolving door with constant personnel
changes. Consider the number of announcers
who exited the Big 14 during Clayton's first
year-and-a-half as boss at THE BOSS:
Rusty Potz
(Ron Jackson)
- after February 10, 1968
Bill Winters
- after May 11, 1968
Bill Bland
- June 1968
Mike Heid
(Terry McKay)
- July 14, 1968
Steve O'Brien
- July 1968 (he would return in Jan. 1969)
Don Tracy
- after September 6, 1968
Steve Morgan
- November 1968
Tom Tyler
- November 1968
Larry Black
- early 1969
Chuck Crouse
- January 1969
Gary Girard
- January 1969
Frank Holler
- June 22, 1969 (he would return in 1970)
Steve O'Brien
- around July 4, 1969
Before
August 1969 was over, three more BOSS JOCKS
would depart: Mark
Driscoll, Dick
Heatherton and Allen
King. Clayton himself left WPOP in August,
1970.
|
Billboard
Magazine - August 2, 1969, p.26 |