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13 unusual facts about Wolfman Jack


Belvidere, North Carolina

Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith) (1938–1995), moved to Belvidere and lived there until his death in 1995.

Denise McCann

She also appeared as a featured performer on many Canadian TV shows, including The Alan Hamel Show and its replacement The Alan Thicke Show, the Wolfman Jack Show, The Paul Anka Show, and the Rene Simard Show.

DJ Boy

However, in the North American and PAL arcade versions, the Disk Jockey was Wolfman Jack, but the in-game sprite is still Demon Kogure.

Glenn Stetson

He was co-executive producer for "Live at the Palace" (hosted by Wolfman Jack) on the Nashville Network (TNN).

Hertford, North Carolina

Disc jockey Wolfman Jack is buried in Hertford and the record company he started is still located there.

Ian Punnett

According to a radio industry executive, Ian's zaniness was inspired by people like: Wolfman Jack, Soupy Sales and Howard Stern.

KAZM

KAZM (780 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a mixed format consisting of news, sports, variety talk, classic rock and oldies music, the Wolfman Jack show, and Coast to Coast AM at night.

KRWZ

The station's initial weekday on-air staff includes Denver radio veteran Hal Moore from 6 to 10 a.m., Bill Press from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., former KIMN and KXKL-FM deejay Randy Jay from 2 to 6 p.m. and Chuck St. John from 6 to 9 p.m., Wolfman Jack 9 to 10 p.m.

KVEN

This station used to broadcast the syndicated Wolfman Jack Radio Program, and, on Sunday nights, the Dr. Demento show, but because The Boomer became an affiliate of True Oldies, both shows stopped airing on The Boomer.

The Pompatus of Love

Wolfman Jack can also be heard using the term in his spoken lines in The Guess Who's "Clap for the Wolfman."

The Wolfman Jack Show

This Vancouver-based series was a co-production of the CBC and host Wolfman Jack's production company, Howl Productions.

WGAI

Joy Smith, daughter of famous DJ Bob "Wolfman Jack" Smith, was briefly an afternoon DJ at WGAI in 1989 as "Joy Jack".

WXRB

The station is named (in tribute) for XERB-AM ("The Mighty 1090"), the famous 50,000 watt Mexican "Border Blaster" radio station from which famous disc jockey Wolfman Jack (the late, Robert Weston Smith) broadcast in the mid-1960s and early 1970s.


KXOA

As a progressive station, air personalities included Patrick Moore, Don Wright, and "The Kandie Man", a takeoff on Wolfman Jack, handled by Jon Peters.

Pompatus

Wolfman Jack frequently referenced the phrase and there is a sound clip of him using the line within the song "Clap for the Wolfman" by The Guess Who.