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'''Coyote William McCloud''' (August 31, 1942 – April 6, 2011), born '''William Lehmann''', was a popular radio [[disc jockey]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. For over 30 years, he was a drive-time personality at several Nashville radio stations. He first became well known in the early 1970s on WMAK-AM, then a market-dominant [[rock and roll]] station, as host of its 7 p.m.–midnight program. He was called "legendary" among DJs.<ref name=Eating>Tom Parker Bowles, ''The Year of Eating Dangerously: A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes'' (Macmillan, 2008) ISBN 978-0-312-53103-4 p. 134. Found at [http://books.google.com/books?id=4laIDxOcrEUC&pg=PA134&dq=%22Coyote+McCloud%22&hl=en&ei=5XHYTJLmFISclgfenqT-CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Coyote%20McCloud%22&f=false Google books]. Accessed November 8, 2010.</ref>
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'''William Lehmann''' (August 31, 1942 – April 6, 2011), better known as '''Coyote McCloud''', was a popular radio [[disc jockey]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. For more than 30 years, he was a drive-time personality at several Nashville radio stations. He first became well known in the early 1970s on WMAK-AM, then a market-dominant [[rock and roll]] station, as host of its 7 p.m.–midnight program. He was called "legendary" among DJs.<ref name=Eating>{{cite book|last=Parker Bowles|first=Tom |author-link=Tom Parker Bowles|year=2008|title=The Year of Eating Dangerously: A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4laIDxOcrEUC&pg=PA134|publisher=Macmillan|page=134|isbn=978-0-312-53103-4|access-date=November 8, 2010}}</ref>


McCloud was one of the most controversial deejays of the late 1980s when he was the lead man on "The Zoo Crew" on Nashville's [[WRVW|Y107]] (WYHY). While enormously popular amongst his target demographic, his outlandish on-air personality drew the ire of many within the community as being a "bad influence" on teenagers. He was one of the subjects of a [[CBS]] ''[[48 Hours (show)|48 Hours]]'' documentary in 1992 about "shock radio". McCloud enjoyed his highest level of popularity while working for Y107, and had his own fan club.<ref name=Nashville>Lee Dorman, ''Nashville Broadcasting: Images of America'' (Arcadia Publishing, 2009) ISBN 978-0-7385-6829-4 pp. 59-61. Found at [http://books.google.com/books?id=Fp_kSeMcQ6IC&pg=PA61&dq=%22Coyote+McCloud%22&hl=en&ei=5XHYTJLmFISclgfenqT-CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA# Google books]. Accessed November 8, 2010.</ref> He worked at the station for over 10 years, from 1984 to 1995. McCloud was featured frequently in ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''.<ref>See, ''Billboard'' March 6, 1982, p. 19 at [http://books.google.com/books?id=SCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19&dq=%22Coyote+McCloud%22&hl=en&ei=5XHYTJLmFISclgfenqT-CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Coyote%20McCloud%22&f=false Google Books] and November 29, 1982, p. 14 at [http://books.google.com/books?id=tyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14&dq=%22Coyote+McCloud%22&hl=en&ei=5XHYTJLmFISclgfenqT-CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Coyote%20McCloud%22&f=false Google Books]. Accessed November 8, 2010.</ref>
McCloud was one of the subjects of a [[CBS]] ''[[48 Hours (TV program)|48 Hours]]'' documentary in 1992 about "shock radio". McCloud enjoyed his highest level of popularity while working for Y107 (now [[WRVW]]) and had his own fan club.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dorman|first=Lee|year=2009|title=Nashville Broadcasting: Images of America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fp_kSeMcQ6IC&pg=PA61|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|pages=59–61|isbn=978-0-7385-6829-4|access-date=November 8, 2010}}</ref> He worked at the station for more than 10 years, from 1984 to 1995. McCloud was featured frequently in ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''.<ref>See ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. Vol. 94, no. 9. March 6, 1982. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=SCQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Coyote+McCloud%22&pg=PA19 19] and Vol. 98, no. 48. November 29, 1986. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=tyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14 14]. Retrieved November 8, 2010.</ref>


==Radio career==
== Radio career ==
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Early in his career, he was an afternoon drive personality at [[WGOW (AM)|WGOW-AM]] (owned by [[Ted Turner]]) in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]], using the name Bill Scott. In 1976, his recording of "Nitty Gritty Rock and Roll" was released as 45 rpm record on the Midland South label, distributed by RCA. The song included the catch-phrases he used as a nighttime deejay on [[WQXI (AM)|WQXI]] "Quixie" in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]].
Early in his career, he was an afternoon drive personality at [[WGOW (AM)|WGOW-AM]] (owned by [[Ted Turner]]) in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]], using the name Bill Scott. In 1976, his recording of "Nitty Gritty Rock and Roll" was released as 45 rpm record on the Midland South label, distributed by [[RCA Records|RCA]]. The song included the catch-phrases he used as a nighttime deejay on [[WQXI (AM)|WQXI]] "Quixie" in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]].


Early in 1983 while hosting the morning show at Kix 104, McCloud was selected by [[Country Music Television]] network founders Glenn D. Daniels and co-founder G. Dean Daniels to be the first on-air "voice" of the network. When CMT (originally called "CMTV") launched on March 5, 1983, McCloud provided the first vocal announcement heard on the network under an animated "CMTV" logo with the words, "You're Watching CMTV...Country Music Television...in stereo." He remained the on-air "voice" of the network from 1983 through 1984.
While hosting the morning show at Kix 104 ([[WGFX|WWKX]]) in 1983, McCloud was selected by [[CMT (American TV channel)|Country Music Television]] network cofounders Glenn D. Daniels and G. Dean Daniels to be the first on-air voice of the network. When CMTV (later called CMT) launched on March 5, 1983, McCloud provided the first vocal announcement heard on the network under an animated CMTV logo with the words, "You're watching CMTV...Country Music Television...in stereo." He remained the on-air voice of the network from 1983 through 1984.


McCloud also worked at Kix 104 ([[WGFX|WWKX]]) in the early 1980s, Power Country 103 ([[WBUZ (FM)|WZPC]]) in the mid-1990s, and Oldies 96.3 (WMAK) in the early 2000s. Along with [[Cathy Martindale]], he hosted ''Coyote & Cathy In The Morning'' on 96.3 ([[WCJK|WMAK FM]]) and 97.1 [[WLVU (FM)|WRQQ]] until late November 2006.
McCloud also worked at Power Country 103 ([[WBUZ (FM)|WZPC]]) in the mid-1990s and Oldies 96.3 (WMAK) in the early 2000s. Along with [[Cathy Martindale]], he hosted ''Coyote & Cathy in the Morning'' on 96.3 ([[WCJK|WMAK FM]]) and 97.1 [[WLVU (FM)|WRQQ]] until late November 2006.


==''Where's the Beef?''==
=="Where's the Beef?"==
{{see also|Where's the beef?}}
In 1984, McCloud, also a sometime songwriter, wrote a song entitled "[[Where's the Beef?]]" as a promotion for [[Wendy's]] restaurants' famous advertising campaign featuring [[Clara Peller]].<ref name="Beef song">Bob Batchelor and Scott Stoddart, ''The 1980s: American popular culture through history'' (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007) ISBN 978-0-313-33000-1 p. 48. Found at [http://books.google.com/books?id=uIqyMMogRsMC&pg=PA48&dq=%22Coyote+McCloud%22&hl=en&ei=5XHYTJLmFISclgfenqT-CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22Coyote%20McCloud%22&f=false Google Books]. Accessed November 8, 2010.</ref>
Also a songwriter, McCloud wrote a song in 1984 entitled "Where's the Beef?" as a promotion for a [[Wendy's]] restaurants' advertising campaign featuring [[Clara Peller]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Batchelor|first1=Bob |last2=Stoddart|first2=Scott|year=2007|title=The 1980s: American Popular Culture Through History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uIqyMMogRsMC&dq=%22Coyote+McCloud%22&pg=PA48|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|page=48|isbn=978-0-313-33000-1|access-date=November 8, 2010}}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==
Coyote McCloud died of [[cirrhosis]] of the liver on April 6, 2011, on his houseboat on [[Percy Priest Lake]], in the company of his ex-wife Susan Thomas and his pet dog Sawyer Black.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Oermann|first=Robert K.|author-link=Robert K. Oermann|date=April 7, 2011|title=Radio Veteran Coyote McCloud Dies|url=https://musicrow.com/2011/04/radio-veteran-coyote-mccloud-dies/|magazine=[[MusicRow]]|access-date=January 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=April 6, 2011|title=Iconic Music City DJ Coyote McCloud dies|url=http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110406/NEWS01/110406051/Iconic-Music-City-DJ-Coyote-McCloud-dies|newspaper=[[The Tennessean]]|access-date=April 8, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=January 2019}}</ref>

Coyote McCloud died of [[cirrhosis of the liver]] on April 6, 2011.<ref>[http://www.musicrow.com/2011/04/radio-veteran-coyote-mccloud-dies/ Radio Veteran Coyote McCloud Dies], Robert K. Oermann, Music Row, April 7, 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110406/NEWS01/110406051/Iconic-Music-City-DJ-Coyote-McCloud-dies Iconic Music City DJ Coyote McCloud dies], The Tennessean, April 6, 2011</ref>

==External Links==
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74815906 Coyote McCloud] At [[Find A Grave]]


==References==
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Latest revision as of 10:42, 19 November 2023

Coyote McCloud
Born
William Lehmann

(1942-08-31)August 31, 1942
DiedApril 6, 2011(2011-04-06) (aged 68)
Tennessee, U.S.
Occupations
  • Radio host
  • disc jockey
  • songwriter
Spouse
Susan Thomas
​
(divorced)​

William Lehmann (August 31, 1942 – April 6, 2011), better known as Coyote McCloud, was a popular radio disc jockey in Nashville, Tennessee. For more than 30 years, he was a drive-time personality at several Nashville radio stations. He first became well known in the early 1970s on WMAK-AM, then a market-dominant rock and roll station, as host of its 7 p.m.–midnight program. He was called "legendary" among DJs.[1]

McCloud was one of the subjects of a CBS 48 Hours documentary in 1992 about "shock radio". McCloud enjoyed his highest level of popularity while working for Y107 (now WRVW) and had his own fan club.[2] He worked at the station for more than 10 years, from 1984 to 1995. McCloud was featured frequently in Billboard.[3]

Radio career

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Early in his career, he was an afternoon drive personality at WGOW-AM (owned by Ted Turner) in Chattanooga, using the name Bill Scott. In 1976, his recording of "Nitty Gritty Rock and Roll" was released as 45 rpm record on the Midland South label, distributed by RCA. The song included the catch-phrases he used as a nighttime deejay on WQXI "Quixie" in Atlanta.

While hosting the morning show at Kix 104 (WWKX) in 1983, McCloud was selected by Country Music Television network cofounders Glenn D. Daniels and G. Dean Daniels to be the first on-air voice of the network. When CMTV (later called CMT) launched on March 5, 1983, McCloud provided the first vocal announcement heard on the network under an animated CMTV logo with the words, "You're watching CMTV...Country Music Television...in stereo." He remained the on-air voice of the network from 1983 through 1984.

McCloud also worked at Power Country 103 (WZPC) in the mid-1990s and Oldies 96.3 (WMAK) in the early 2000s. Along with Cathy Martindale, he hosted Coyote & Cathy in the Morning on 96.3 (WMAK FM) and 97.1 WRQQ until late November 2006.

"Where's the Beef?"

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See also: Where's the beef?

Also a songwriter, McCloud wrote a song in 1984 entitled "Where's the Beef?" as a promotion for a Wendy's restaurants' advertising campaign featuring Clara Peller.[4]

Death

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Coyote McCloud died of cirrhosis of the liver on April 6, 2011, on his houseboat on Percy Priest Lake, in the company of his ex-wife Susan Thomas and his pet dog Sawyer Black.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Parker Bowles, Tom (2008). The Year of Eating Dangerously: A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes. Macmillan. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-312-53103-4. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
  2. ^ Dorman, Lee (2009). Nashville Broadcasting: Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 59–61. ISBN 978-0-7385-6829-4. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
  3. ^ See Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 9. March 6, 1982. p. 19 and Vol. 98, no. 48. November 29, 1986. p. 14. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
  4. ^ Batchelor, Bob; Stoddart, Scott (2007). The 1980s: American Popular Culture Through History. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-313-33000-1. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
  5. ^ Oermann, Robert K. (April 7, 2011). "Radio Veteran Coyote McCloud Dies". MusicRow. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  6. ^ "Iconic Music City DJ Coyote McCloud dies". The Tennessean. April 6, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2011.[dead link‍]
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