Don (Wehde) Wade’s radio career included stops at a dozen or so cities including WIBG Philadelphia, CHAM Hamilton, ON., KOL Seattle, and KTAC Tacoma. Wade’s trek eventually took him to Chicago, where, in 1985, he won a spot at WLS. His wife, Roma, joined him as co-host.
Wade was not only a rock and roll DJ, but also the brains and voice behind a cast of unforgettable politically incorrect comedic characters such as: General Nuisance and his aide Private Parts (aka Roma); Sheriff CW Turnipseed; Peter “Kiss! Kiss!” Suckwell, the Mary Gay Cosmetics truck driver, and his best friend Phil McCrackin; Dr Buster Hymen, staff gynecologist at your cervix; Cabbie/Guru Maharishi Marachino; and the Stoned Ranger and Toronto.
This is the STONED RANGER radio series, created by Don Wade, Tom Rivers and Jim Hault. These vignettes originally aired in 1973.
STONED RANGER & TORONTO Episode 1 STONED RANGER & TORONTO Episode 2 STONED RANGER & TORONTO Episode 3 STONED RANGER & TORONTO Episode 4 STONED RANGER & TORONTO Episode 5 STONED RANGER & TORONTO Episode 6 STONED RANGER & TORONTO Episode 7 STONED RANGER & TORONTO Episode 8 STONED RANGER & TORONTO Episode 9 STONED RANGER & TORONTO Episode 10 STONED RANGER & TORONTO Episode 11 STONED RANGER & TORONTO Episode 12 STONED RANGER & TORONTO Episode 13 STONED RANGER & TORONTO Episode 14 STONED RANGER & TORONTO Episode 15 STONED RANGER & TORONTO Episode 16Don Wade died September 6, 2013 at the age of 72.
Happy to listen to hear the Stoned Ranger again. I was a big fan. Orel Rowboats was another DW character, an aircraft carrier chaplain as I recall.
Is this the same guy that did “Billy and the Kid”? Or was the show renamed due to the controversial nature of the title?
Do not recall Billy & the Kid being associated with Don Wade.
Thanks for posting these. Brings back fond memories of my High School Days in Philadelphia!!