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Memorable Cleveland Radio Billboards

What are some campaigns that stood out and made an impression, good or bad? I'll start.

Jammin' 92.3 - The one with "Jammin'" on the side and the big "92.3" in the blue box and both in neon yellow and a black background. Another had the 1994-99 logo tilted toward the ground with the dancing guy from the TV commercials on top.

WZAK - An unforgettable one with Lynn Tolliver, Kym Sellers and Ralph Poole. Tolliver and Poole were both naked with the 'ZAK logo covering Tolliver and a pink rectangle with "MORNINGS" in yellow covering Poole. Only Sellers was clothed with her hand on her forehead and eyes looking up.

WNCX - The flaming guitar in a white background with the logo on the lower right. Another was at Tower City with Ruby Cheeks, Michael Stanley and Bill Louis each holding smoking guitars. This was around 1993 I think.

WMMS - The color billboards along I-71 and I-77 near Downtown Cleveland featuring different artists played on the station during the early 90's. Another had "You Don't Know Dick," which promoted short-lived morning host Dick Dale.

WDOK - There were ones with a bear at the upper left or right corner and the station logo in the mid-1990's. I also remember around the same period ones promoting Trapper Jack, but with a cryptic campaign saying "he's back." It might have confused people, but it worked.

Q104 - A bus billboard with a black background and the logo and slogan "the station that picks you up and keeps you going" in green. Another was a main one with a walkman set to 104.1 with headphones attached, the 90's logo and "The Best Variety of the 80's and 90's" in a white background.

WLTF - The ones with the 1984 to '95 "Lite Rock 106 1/2" logo a comic book drawing of Trapper Jack stick out. Also, a bus billboard with three different Trappers with different hairstyles each representing the 70's, 80's and 90's.

WTAM - One with gunshots in the background, and another with the city skyline using the slogan "Cleveland's Only News Radio."

I can't believe I can recall them at the top of my head.
 
Around 1999-2000, WMMS had a billboard off I-90 in Euclid that said "If you don't listen, your problem is obvious!" next to a stock photo of a guy with his head appearing to be stuck in his rear.

V-107.3 had that "No Crap, Less Yap" (or whatever) billboard that was on I-480 in Garfield Heights last year.

Not really related, but I saw a billboard in Toledo circa 2001 which had in plain white typeface on a black background the following: "97.3 In Toledo Is Now Playing Classic Hits As 97.3 The Fox". No logo, no representative bands that the station played, or anything.
 
May have been around 1979, but I remember a WGCL Billboard in Cleveland vaguely, with then Morning host Jim King & Chico the Wonder Dog. Cartoons of both of them & the dog, of course, in a cape & super hero outfit.
 
re: WMMS. ... I have a "You Don't Know Dick" coffee mug. Dick (Bert Morris) was/is very talented. Enjoyed working with him. Had a lot of personal issues while at WMMS/CC Jacksonville that took away his focus. He could've been a bigger morning talent than he was. He now lives in Vegas and has a successful VO career. Much less stressful than morning drive radio.
 
Mike Reneri lying naked with bunches of bananas covering his "bunch" in the WIXY promotion "WIXY's gone bananas" back in the early 70s. So how many copycats since using the same idea? Triv with baseball gloves?
 
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