BUCKiT® #73-Mancow: Chicago’s Favorite Shock Jock

It’s 5:30am and this shock job is about to return to the airwaves again, having being fired from his radio show 9 months earlier. Mancow is no stranger to lawsuits and FCC fines. He’s been handed many over the years.  And this is not the first time he’s been kicked off the air. But this outspoken radio personality known for his bizarre stunts is ready to make an outrageous comeback.  Why walk in when you can mail yourself to the radio station in a cardboard box, arriving just minutes before drive time begins.  I mean, what could be easier? Erich "Mancow" Muller is an American radio and television personality, actor, and former child model. He’s won Billboard magazine's Major Market Radio Personality of the Year title more than once. He was syndicated into more than a dozen states and he had a TV series deal. His radio career began while he was in college at a small station in Missouri, playing local commercials during satellite broadcasts of The Larry King Show. He eventually moved to San Francisco and that's where he pulled a massive stunt that gained him national publicity and notoriety, AND got him his next gig…this time in Chicago. It didn’t take long for his show to rank #1 in 18 to 54-year-old white males and his ratings continued to sky rocket for many years. Mancow is opinionated and rubs a lot of people the wrong way, but his loyal listeners love him and follow him with a cult-like devotion. 25 years later, this Chicago shock jock still continues to make waves. Despite high ratings, this controversial radio personality was fired from his mid-morning show after 17 years on March 6, 2019. Now this outspoken personality is back on the air and wants to “give the people of Chicago a voice”.