Dick Norman Biography 
WKIS

Dick Norman came to WKIS-AM 740 in February of 1984 after leaving WCKY-FM, Cleveland was fired in 1986 by Program Director Kay (Barone) Stelling who wanted Norman and then news anchor Jim Philips to take turns each afternoon,  fielding listener telephone calls in the studio one day,  and seeking man-in- the-street comments the next.  Norman thought the rotating host idea was a bad one and said so. PD Barone said Norman was let go "...because he wouldn’t pitch to Jim Philips who was out in the street with his "electronic soapbox".  As the Program Director of WKIS, we tried to grow our ratings by taking the station to the streets, since we had no marketing dollars." Barone placed Philips in the afternoon host chair full time. Newsman Dave Wahl took to the street to gather comments from passersby. Dick moved on to Tampa's WFLA-AM 970 in 1987. Dick died in a traffic accident in Tampa on January, 26th 1989.

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