He arranged for WXYZ, a Detroit radio station, from 1948 to 1950, and following this arranged for Your Hit Parade (1950-58) and CBS (early 1960s).
Detroit's largest rock radio station, WRIF 101.1 FM, had also gotten behind the band, having the band in for multiple radio interviews, and on-air talents Doug Podell and Screamin' Scott Randall often showing up at their concerts and offering to introduce them for their live performances.
The moniker "Dick the Bruiser" was even used in the 1980s by George Baier, a co-host of the morning drive show on Detroit rock radio station WRIF.
He has been featured on Drew & Mike in the Morning on WRIF numerous times and has released three comedy albums of his calls through Virgin Records Nashville.
The station served as a backdrop for the Kevin Costner film The Upside of Anger.
WRIF, a radio station (101.1 FM) licensed to serve Detroit, which held the call sign WXYZ-FM from 1948 to 1971
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