… “Slippin’ on by on ‘DHF, Friday night, troublebound” …
Was that an “image jingle”, or a sure way to get your record played? Definitely mid-70’s high energy – but whatever happened to Captain Whammo? Tim wrote the following when he contributed this aircheck in 1996:”…Jim “Captain Whammo” Channell on WDHF-FM … is now into the gospel related business and runs his ministry out of Ft. Myers, Florida. Long retired from the Windy City, Channell bailed out for KENO/Las Vegas in the late ’70’s. Reportedly, he and his girlfriend had a plan to ‘break the bank’ out in Vegas while working in radio there. It either didn’t pan out, or ‘The Captain’ got one of those offers he couldn’t refuse..
Channell came back to Chicago and hooked on with a ‘Mom ‘n’ Pop’ outlet in the Chicago suburbs. Later, when WCFL went to a religious format, Jim Channell was their PD and also did PM drive. After ‘CFL was sold to the folks at Evergreen Broadcasting (it’s now All-Sports WMVP), Channell set up shop in the suburbs and started to run his gospel syndication service.
(Years later) I taped his gospel countdown show (on WYLL-FM Des Plaines) to get an address for him. It turned out to be a P.O. Box in Fort Meyers, Florida, so I sent a letter to Mr. Channell asking for an aircheck of the gospel countdown. I eventually received the tape, six months later – along with a note from “The Captain” asking for a donation to his ministry!”