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Dayton DJ Don LeDoux
- Thread starter Capulet
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After WING-FM's flip to rhythmic, I believe he spent a short time at WTGR in Greenville when the station was classic rock. I don't know where he went from there.
Ah-YEEE! Remember Don yelling that on the air all the time? ;D Well at one time he had a restaurant in downtown Dayton. Now he's got a restaurant in Troy called....wait for it....LeDoux's! Cajun food out the wazu, if you get my drift. He and his wife also had some cajun food wagons that went around to special events like county fairs and Xenia's Old Fashioned Days, etc.. They make really good food, you oughta stop in and consume a few calories! No I'm not getting paid for shilling. Just tellin' the truth here.
Besides the restaraunt biz, here's the lowdown on Don:
He did PD/Mornings at The Tiger/WTGR when it was Classic Rock.
He did work in the Traffic Dept. at Cox/Dayton and even filled in on Channel 7 and the Cox Radio outlets doing traffic when Sgt. Mark Bowron would take a day off. Not sure if he's still there or not.
Here's the story on WING-FM...
Radio One bought the five properties at 717 E. David Rd. in Feb. 2001 from Blue Chip. As most know, Radio One is "The Urban Radio Specialists". RO decided that they wanted to put U-92.1 out of business so they could dominate the Urban radio market in Dayton, not to mention they could pick up WROU-FM after they did their damage. Meanwhile, while all this was going on, CC decided they wanted to take Bob and Tom to WTUE, which in doing this, would displace Steve Kerrigan and Kate Burdett from mornings on 'TUE. Kerrigan moved to middays on 'TUE and Burdett was paired up with Scott Mallory on The X. Anyhow, 'CC and 'TUE took Bob and Tom home, and on August 3, 2001, Kerrigan and Kate did the final locally-based morning show on 'TUE, which would end a 15 year tenure on 'TUE morning drive for Kerrigan. Meanwhile, WING was looking for a replacement for B&T and were supposedly looking to bring on Lex and Terry or Howard Stern. RO decided Stern was "too pricey" for syndication rights and L&T turned out to be a rumor thrown out there. According to some, the entire Stern deal was a smokescreen that RO threw out there to shield the public that a dramatic change was coming to 102.9. On Friday, August 3, 2001, in the Dayton Daily News, then-GM Don Griffin announced the change and stated that there would be no warning that the station would be flipping, i.e. no stunting. At 6 PM on Aug. 3rd, RO flipped WING-FM(After a day where they played tunes that basically said that a flip was coming, like Steely Dan's "Black Friday" and Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven") to Rhythmic as "Hot 102.9" with Juvinile's "Set It Off" as the first tune. Hot 102.9 would retain the WING-FM calls until October 24, 2001, when the calls flipped to the current WDHT. The last song, according to whom you ask, was either "Stairway" or Iron Butterfly's "In Na Godda Da Vida". So, there's the story of why WING-FM flipped.
Also, towards the end of WING-FM, "The Voodoo Guru" nickname for Don LeDoux was dropped for some reason that i've never discovered.
He did PD/Mornings at The Tiger/WTGR when it was Classic Rock.
He did work in the Traffic Dept. at Cox/Dayton and even filled in on Channel 7 and the Cox Radio outlets doing traffic when Sgt. Mark Bowron would take a day off. Not sure if he's still there or not.
Here's the story on WING-FM...
Radio One bought the five properties at 717 E. David Rd. in Feb. 2001 from Blue Chip. As most know, Radio One is "The Urban Radio Specialists". RO decided that they wanted to put U-92.1 out of business so they could dominate the Urban radio market in Dayton, not to mention they could pick up WROU-FM after they did their damage. Meanwhile, while all this was going on, CC decided they wanted to take Bob and Tom to WTUE, which in doing this, would displace Steve Kerrigan and Kate Burdett from mornings on 'TUE. Kerrigan moved to middays on 'TUE and Burdett was paired up with Scott Mallory on The X. Anyhow, 'CC and 'TUE took Bob and Tom home, and on August 3, 2001, Kerrigan and Kate did the final locally-based morning show on 'TUE, which would end a 15 year tenure on 'TUE morning drive for Kerrigan. Meanwhile, WING was looking for a replacement for B&T and were supposedly looking to bring on Lex and Terry or Howard Stern. RO decided Stern was "too pricey" for syndication rights and L&T turned out to be a rumor thrown out there. According to some, the entire Stern deal was a smokescreen that RO threw out there to shield the public that a dramatic change was coming to 102.9. On Friday, August 3, 2001, in the Dayton Daily News, then-GM Don Griffin announced the change and stated that there would be no warning that the station would be flipping, i.e. no stunting. At 6 PM on Aug. 3rd, RO flipped WING-FM(After a day where they played tunes that basically said that a flip was coming, like Steely Dan's "Black Friday" and Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven") to Rhythmic as "Hot 102.9" with Juvinile's "Set It Off" as the first tune. Hot 102.9 would retain the WING-FM calls until October 24, 2001, when the calls flipped to the current WDHT. The last song, according to whom you ask, was either "Stairway" or Iron Butterfly's "In Na Godda Da Vida". So, there's the story of why WING-FM flipped.
Also, towards the end of WING-FM, "The Voodoo Guru" nickname for Don LeDoux was dropped for some reason that i've never discovered.
Alan613,
Thanks! Nice history.
I'm almost positive that the reason the other stations made Don lose the " Voodoo Guru " handle is because they just didn't get it. In a time of homgenized formats being rolled out all over the country ( Mansfield sounds like Lexington sounds like Salt Lake ) Don LeDoux had established ( thanks to the clever guys in charge at Wing-Fm ) a great identity that made him memorable. Somebody in Atlanta told the Dayton PD he didn't like it. Clueless? You bet.
I guess the genius at the other stations thought it would be better for him to be plain.....yawn.........
That was great post! If you see Don at his restaurant give him the AYYYeeee shout!
Thanks! Nice history.
I'm almost positive that the reason the other stations made Don lose the " Voodoo Guru " handle is because they just didn't get it. In a time of homgenized formats being rolled out all over the country ( Mansfield sounds like Lexington sounds like Salt Lake ) Don LeDoux had established ( thanks to the clever guys in charge at Wing-Fm ) a great identity that made him memorable. Somebody in Atlanta told the Dayton PD he didn't like it. Clueless? You bet.
I guess the genius at the other stations thought it would be better for him to be plain.....yawn.........
That was great post! If you see Don at his restaurant give him the AYYYeeee shout!
Thanks Tanks! 8)TANKSBACK said:Alans613: Please bow down and prepare to accept the crown as Dayton's best radio historian! Great memories along that Don LeDoux time-line. Having worked with him I can tell you he's as funny and cool off the air as he was on the air.
Also...Don lost the "Voodoo Guru" nickname right around the time Randy James arrived in 2000. Coincidence? Doubtful.
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