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3 unusual facts about Morning zoo


Morning zoo

The first morning zoo program, focusing on the zany interactions of two hosts, was conceived and performed by Scott Shannon and Cleveland Wheeler of WRBQ-FM in Tampa, Florida, known as Q105 FM.

Beginning in September–October 1976, morning DJ Charlie Kendall hosted a zany show initially named "Zooloos In Your Morning", the name a play on the Zulu people.

WRBQ-FM

Formerly WPKM and later WEZX, 104.7 switched to a rock ’n roll format as WRBQ ("Q105") in December 1973, home to the Q-Morning Zoo, Cleveland Wheeler, Scott Shannon, Dave Saint, Jack Harris, Bill Garcia, Uncle Johnny, Alan O’Brien, Tedd Webb, Pat McKay, and a host of other top talents.



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Jamie Dunn

On 21 September 2005, Dunn announced he was leaving B105 and in 2006, he and Agro began to present on the "Zinc Morning Zoo" with Ian Calder and Courtney Burns on Sunshine Coast FM radio station "Zinc 96."

KLQ.com

WKLQ created the very successful "Q Morning Zoo" in 1984, which at the time featured Robert J. Wright, Sarah Wilson, and Jim Owen.

Simon Beale

Simon's radio career included being the voice of Roger Wilde on the Kiss 100 Dangerous Breakfast Show with Dave Pearce and Sarah HB, launching The Morning Zoo on Invicta FM with Neil Francis, (which he co-presented between from 1995 and 1997) and covering weekend shows on Virgin Radio in 2002.

WNKS

Among the WROQ/WAYS DJs to become major celebrities were Robert Murphy, later the WKQX Chicago morning host, and actor, comedian, Jay Thomas who went to KPWR as the official host of "The Power 106's Morning Zoo".