Jim Lord

Jim Lord, aka Jim Chaplin or Jim Lord Chaplin, was midday DJ on WDAE in the mid-70's. He left in '76 to join WIRA and WOVV in Fort Pierce, Florida as Program Director. He subsequently worked his way up through the organization and became the stations General Manager in 1981.

In '86 he left to buy his own station in the same market which he sold two years later. In '89 Jim took his family to Colorado where he managed stations for 9 years prior to returning to his city-of-choice, Tampa.

He now owns his own company in South Tampa, Chaplin Marketing Company, which handles creative advertising and marketing needs for his clients. Jim's specialty is creative writing, producing radio & TV commercials as well as business newsletters, brochures and press releases.

Prior to his coming to Tampa in 1973, he played Bozo the Clown on Toledo's WSPD-TV.