I was talking to former Houston DJ Dave Crockett (93Q, KIKK, KHMX) the other day, and I knew he worked in Chicago, but didn't realize he worked at the legendary WLS (aka Z-95 WYTZ at the time).
Back then, Crockett was known on the airwaves as Steven Craig. It's the same name he also used on Mix 96.5 later on in Houston.
"It was very frightening to fly into Chicago and fly over Lake Michigan and see how big it was," Crockett told me. "It was very intimidating to work there at the same place as John 'Records' Landecker, Larry Lujack and Fred Winston."
The DJs at the station were treated like rock stars.
Crockett saw that first hand while giving out New Kids on the Block tickets every minute at the rock n' roll McDonalds in downtown Chicago. Around 5,000 kids showed up in the rain to win. The station assigned Crockett an off duty Chicago police officer to escort him through the madness.
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Crockett was at WLS in the late 80s when you would could hear Bon Jovi played right before Bobby Brown on a Top 40 station. If memory serves, that would have been the same here on 104 KRBE at the time.
Naturally I had to hear his Z-95 air check which he provided me (embedded below).
In the early 90s, Crockett went MTV.
The 93Q KKBQ morning host was selected, along with other DJs from across the country, to appear in The Heights and Beverly Hills, 90210 actor/musician Jamie Walter's video for the song "Hold On." Watch for him at the very end.
These days, Crockett owns a voice studio in west Houston. His voice can be heard on lots of car dealer commercials as well as many other things like the national television commercials for Oscar Myer. Included in the air check playlist is his journey into movie trailers too. Also a clip from his 95.7 KIKK country days.
