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Mason Dixon on the Loose! (RadioRadio 1991)

By Bob Andelman (Originally published in Players Magazine, 1991) Mason 'Lee Roy Pee Wee Bodine Moonpie, et al.' Dixon is once again a restricted free agent. The former Q105 afternoon personality and operations manager was taken off the air last

Happy Birthday to Tampa Bay radio legend Mason Dixon! 1991 INTERVIEW I have interviewed Mason many times over the years, but this story is a little different; it was written during that dark period when he had left the Bay Area for Alabama, only to leave Birmingham and return home — fortunately for us. Mason has had a lot of comebacks in his career — from injury and ratings. But he always finds his way back. https://andelman.com/2018/07/26/mason-dixon-1991/ #MasonDixon #BobbyRich #JackHarris #WQYK #ChrisMurray #WKXX #WFLZ #Moonpie #Q105 #PowerCow #PowerPig #BrianChristopher #WRBQ

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Been looking for this story for years and finally found it! Tedd Webb​ has been nothing but kind to me over the decades, whether it was this interview (and the photo I took, which I think captures the man perfectly) or helping me with background and sources on my first book, Stadium For Rent: Tampa Bay's Quest for MLB by Bob Andelman​. I was sorry to see him forced by health issues to retire recently, but I wish him nothing but the best!

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Happy (Belated) Birthday to legendary FM radio jock - and friend - Cleveland Wheeler! 2016 VIDEO INTERVIEW

CLEVELAND WHEELER podcast excerpt: "Scott and I didn't get together and say, 'We're going to pick on politicians. We don't have the resources to dig on people through PI work... Scott was smart. He said, 'All the great stuff, all the best stories are hidden in the Saturday newspaper. Get the Saturday morning newspaper and a story can look so insignificant, so innocent, but that's where the big stories are hidden. They don't have all the dirt yet... People would say, 'How did you know about all this stuff?' And instead of attributing it to the Tampa Tribune, they were attributing it to us!” https://mrmedia.com/2016/03/cleveland-wheeler-morning-qzoo-video-interview/

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Today's Guest: Cleveland Wheeler, legendary radio DJ, WAPE Jacksonville, Q105 Tampa, SiriusXM

CLEVELAND WHEELER podcast excerpt: "Scott Shannon just had a way of connecting with people... He went out of his way to be natural and street level with people and to speak on their terms. He had a knack for communicating with people.”

Key interview moments:

• 9:30 Cleveland Wheeler discusses why his Q Morning Zoo radio partner, Scott Shannon, has been so successful in his radio career;

• 11:30 Wheeler and Shannon locked themselves in a hotel room for two days as the morning show took flight and decided to do the unthinkable: pursue radio listeners from ages 8 to 80, which would be unheard of in today's fragmented radio market;

• 46:50 Wheeler reveals the secret of where he and Shannon found their best political insights.

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