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Dale Sommers
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Dale Sommers, better known as "The Truckin' Bozo," is an American radio personality, best known for his long-running country music show geared toward truck drivers.
Sommers' show was first heard on WLW-AM in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio, where his overnight show was a fixture for the clear channel powerhouse for two decades. WLW's powerful nighttime signal covered most of the eastern and central parts of the country and much of eastern Canada, and his show consistently pulled in high ratings against his main competition.
In 2004, Sommers stepped down from the show due to health concerns, handing the microphone over to his son Steve, who had been doing the weekend version of the show for some time. The elder Sommers' retirement was short-lived, though. After a five month break to recuperate, he signed on with XM Satellite Radio, and he now broadcasts a three-hour daily show on XM's Open Road channel 171 form a studio in his Citrus Hills, Florida home. Ironically, Sommers' mates on Open Road are two of his former biggest competitors, Bill Mack and Dave Nemo, and Steve is heard on WLW's simulcast on XM 173.
Sommers' radio career began in 1964 at Cincinnati's WCNW (as "Jim Young"); he also had stints at WCKY and WUBE. Sommers also worked at stations in Evansville and Indianapolis, Indiana, Kansas City, Missouri, Miami and San Diego.
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"The Bozo" made national headlines when he helped to catch a robber at a convenience store in Camilla, Georgia. Sommers was talking live on the air with regular caller Linda Driskill, known as "Mississippi Lady" to listeners, when he heard Driskill admonish someone not to come behind her counter. She then hung up the phone. Sommers was concerned for her safety, so he called the Camilla police (who knew Driskill from Sommers' show). The police responded to Driskill's store and quickly apprehended the robber.[1]
- ^ Kiesewetter, John. "WLW turns 80", The Cincinnati Enquirer, 2002-03-17. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- America's Trucking Network, the program Sommers founded and is now hosted by his son Steve
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