WAPE 690 Jacksonville - Greaseman - Hoyle Dempsey - September 1981 - Radio Aircheck

WAPE 690 Jacksonville - Greaseman - Hoyle Dempsey - September 1981 - Radio Aircheck
Courtesy: Sean O'Neel
Doug Tract, better known as The Greaseman. He is truly a one of a kind radio personality. In an era of 3, 4, & 5 person morning shows, Grease would make radio comedy gold, all by himself. The Greaseman pseudonym originated while he was in college. Grease has said in an interiview, “In those days of top 40, everybody who was on the radio was ‘cookin’; cookin’ with the Temptations, cookin’ Four Tops, that kind of thing. Which meant they were really rockin’. One day I said I was cookin’ with heavy grease. It was my way of saying I was out-cookin’ the other guys. I said it enough times, so one day one of the other deejays referred to me as the Greaseman.”
Dougie T was his on air name, but when he became the Greaseman, a different personality appeared. His voice deepened, and he projected the image of a middle-aged tattooed big bellied truck driver, with a swaggering bravado. Over the years, Grease developed many characters, and calls from listeners would often lead to a story of a recurring character from his repertoire, and thanks to Greaseman’s own special language that he invented, & listeners understood, no topic was taboo.
He spent time on air at WAXC Rochester, WRC Washington & WAPE Jacksonville, but Grease is probably best known for his time on WWDC DC101 in Washington, in the 1980s & 90s, when he was a major force on the radio in the nation’s capital.
This aircheck features Grease doing his thing, and longtime WAPE jock, Hoyle Dempsey, in September 1981.
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[@robbchastain3036]

Thanks, Ellis, Grease definitely had his schtick, the character bits like old-time radio skits. And yes, he took over mornings at DC-101 after Howard Stern left for New York in '82. And one night that winter, either late '82 or early '83, Grease made a promotional appearance in a mall at Bailey's Crossroad in Northern Virginia, I think that was the location but it was a surreal scene in that it was in the late evening, few people were there, but there was the Greaseman and I enjoyed a short conversation with him, quite friendly and likely making observations to use when he got behind the mike and got into his crazy on-air persona. 😀

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Great one. He's so funny. Thanks.

[@nicholaskalogris9985]

Greaseman was definitely one of a kind.

[@jeff11030]

I don’t know how you have the time to post great air checks day after day. Thanks Ellis!

[@EllisFeaster]

@@jeff11030 As soon as I finish my morning show, I put another video together.

[@jfurdell]

I was a fan of Hoyle Dempsey and Fizz on the morning show a few years later, after WAPE moved to FM.

[@radionoakmont7756]

awesomes a lil off frequency on am i lovee that am staticyness too the lispyness on that radio goodness