Whatever happened to Oogie Pringle?

[kmt]

After WNBC where did he go... then where? Is he alive?

 

[radio124]

Oogie did morning drive at KWIZ in Santa Ana, CA from 1985-87. After that, unfortunately, he committed suicide.

 

[deepstblu]

I think I heard him on WISN in Milwaukee around 1980.

 

[John Gallagher]

Oogie Pringle had once worked here in Erie, PA, starting in 1967, at WJET, apparently after working for the CIA and at a small station in Manassas, VA. After evenings at WJET, Oogie became mornings and PD at WRIE in Erie. From there, his career skyrocked to nights at 66 WNBC, followed by stops in Milwaukee, Cleveland, Rochester, NY, Minneapolis and, finally, Anaheim.

As a 12-13 year old, I always enjoyed hearing Oogie's creativity and humor as I got ready for school. Sad how things transpired in 1987 with Oogie taking his own life.

I inadvertently came across a profile article from 1977 when Oogie had arrived in Milwaukee at WISN. You have to jump around a couple pages to read the whole article.

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19770615&id=F3BRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3hEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7079,2669288&hl=en

 

[Ai4i]

But is it not better to plan an inevitable event then to have it steal one's existence at an unwelcome and unsuspected time?

 

[radio128]

I called Oogie at Plaza 7-8866 to welcome him to New York on his first night at NBC. He was very warm, gracious and friendly to this 16 year old radio fan.