Where Are They Now?

     

John Dalton (John Scott)

Growing up in Tampa Bay was really great. I grew up listening to some of the best radio personalities in the business. People like Jim Stanley, Mark Wheeler, Claire Linn, Daylon Rushing .  And  later actually working with some of them at Tampa Bay radio stations,  like Rick Morgan, (aka Rick Shaw, Swinging Sweeney), Tedd Webb, Jerry Peterson.

In 1968  when I was 17, Columbia School of Broadcasing came to Tampa. Up till that time I was not sure how to get into radio. Well I enrolled with CSB but soon found myself hanging out at area radio stations. Like WCWR in Dunedin where I met some great guys like Tedd Webb, Scott Owens and Frank Scott.

The late Bob Stone was the first to put me on the air at WALT. I finally landed my first full time gig at WHBO in July of 1969. Wayne K (Kyser ) was the PD. In 1970 Ed Ripley hired me to do overnights at WDAE ,which was unbelievable to me knowing all the great personalities that had been at AM1250.

Around 1987 at W-101So I was on my way to doing what I had only dreamed of doing. The 70's found me changing my air name to John Scott at WQYK working for station owner Marshall Rowland. When WSUN went country in 1974 I did evenings and was told I was now going to be Ron Jordan, but no one was fooled.  I went back to WQYK later. Other stations in the 70's were WPAS, WILZ, WYOU, WFLA . It was about here that I took a hobby and turn it into a side career. Like my friend Tedd Webb, my love for photography helped to pay the bills too.  I still do some photography work these days. I did what was necessary to stay on the air so I had to leave Tampa Bay a couple times. Stops along the way included WKLS Atlanta, WBIR and WRJZ Knoxville, WSIX Nashville.

The 80's found me back in Tampa Bay at WFLA where Bill Garcia was PD. And later moving over to nights at WFLA-FM ( '93 FLA-FM ).  Then it's on to WDAE/WIQ (later WUSA known as W-101). Owned then by Gannett. Worked for PD Bob DeCarlo and later Chris Miller. These were great years for me back at WDAE again this time with PD Jim Nettelton and Rick Morgan. The 90's found me at WKTK in Gainesville, evenings at WGUL Tampa Bay, and a morning gig at WBKJ ( The Dalton Gang )  in Jackson, MS. But in 1999 I landed in Jacksonville FL at WEJZ, (Lite 96.1) www.wejz.com. I do the middays here. Arbatron rated # 1 with women 25-54.

Life is great these days. All 4 of  my children are grown and I have 5 grandchildren.  It's a wonderful thing if in life one is able to do just what they dreamed.

<= Taken in 1970 at WHBO...
Left to Right are station owner Bob Martin, A record rep (Decca maybe), me at age 19 and country singer Lynn Anderson. Check out those old mikes
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