The Greaseman show!
"Traveling Back In Time With An Uzi," "The Lawman," "Talking With The Unborn," -- all are products of the imagination and talent of one of the greatest broadcasters ever. Using his wit, charm and incredible voice, Greaseman has been producing radio that has lived on in the hearts and minds of his listeners for years. He is the man who makes truly memorable, compelling radio like no other..
Doug Tracht was born in the Bronx and attended Ithaca College in upstate New York. He was getting involved at the college radio station, WICB FM, when a colleague commented that he "was cookin' with grease," and the Greaseman was born. He found work at commercial station WTKO in Ithaca and continued perfecting his act at WENE Endicott; WAXC Rochester and WRC Washington. Grease was hired to host WPOP's morning show. He portrayed a hick farmer "from cow country." During this time, he perfected his theater of the mind style, bringing his own special, laughable world to the airwaves.
From there, Grease landed at WAPE Jacksonville where the act became more contemporary and filled with innuendo. While DJ'ing in Jacksonville, he worked briefly as a police officer in order to make extra money, which later became the inspiration for one of his recurring characters -- the 'Lawman'. Imagine the shock of his co-workers when Grease walked into the station wearing his uniform, complete with a .44 at his hip.
After seven years in Florida, he returned to Washington at WWDC FM to replace the fired shock jock Howard Stern. Grease maintained Sterns number one ratings, and went on to surpass them.
Soon, Greaseman moved to Los Angeles to launch a nationally syndicated music/comedy show from 1993-98, which was aired on WXRK New York among other stations. After 4 years in L-A, where Grease did several movies and a play, he returned to the D-C area he loved so much to take the helm of WARW. He brought the stations its best ratings ever using a combination of topicality and comedy bits.
now you can catch the show saturdays on DC101 from 8am till noon. and on line: www.dc101.com
