KOOL brings back a missed Valley favorite tonight, designating the 7pm to midnight shift to Camelback Jack.
Jack has been on-the-beach since getting the budget cutting ax from the station in December of 2008. He has spent nearly seventeen years, prior, “riding in the front seat” with KOOL listeners each weekday afternoon.
Now Jack is able to return to the station and listeners who love him most, in the evenings. He takes place of the syndicated Tom Kent show.
He is no stranger to the Phoenix market– in fact, many longtime Phoenicians may know him from the KRIZ 1230 (AM) days as the Chucker– Chucker Dean. He was the last on-air as the station came to an end in 1978.
This recording captures the final moments of KRIZ then, and Camelback Jack, as Chucker Dean, wrapping it up and asking for listeners to honk their horns when the station falls silent:
Since joining KOOL in 1992, he has put the numbers in the books for his time slot and is a top rated afternoon on-air personality of all-time in the Phoenix market.
Jack is also known for his salute to our nation’s veterans, honoring each day on-the-air and in the charities and benefits he does in his off-time for organizations such as “Packages from Home.”
July 13th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
Thank God he’s back! KOOL management made numerous terrible moves at the same time CJ was let go.