Dr. Grady Brock came in three sizes - loud, louder and loudest. "Nobody Lives In Echo Canyon But My Brother." Doctor Brock always used to bark that into the microphone when he signed off. Brock barked everything he did on the air and he was fierce. The words above would be followed by the most unsettling "Peace, Kemosabee!"
The fast-talking Brock literally burned out the transmitters with his ear-splitting, high-energy performances at various stations including WINZ Miami, WAYS Charlotte, N.C., WNOE New Orleans, KSTP St. Paul, Minnesota, and the Super CFL, WCFL.
Brock's energy level was astounding - he simply never let up for a second in establishing his legend as one of the greatest screamers in Top 40 radio history.
Here's one of Dr. Brock's first-ever shows on Super CFL, taking place on the evening of February 21, 1974. [ LISTEN ]
Brock again at WCFL during the Summer of 1974. [ LISTEN ] (9:47)
DJ Dr. Brock was only in Chicago radio a very short time. He joined WCFL-AM in 1974, but just over six months later, "The Doctor" was gone.
During his brief time in Chicago, which was early on in his long radio career, the teenage nighttime jock is remembered for not showing his face in initial promotional photographs and asking listeners to guess what he looks like.
Since he billed himself as "The Ugliest Mutha in Rock 'n' Roll", the station even ran a contest offering listeners $500 if they could correctly answer the question "What Does Dr. Brock Look Like?" Turns out he wasn't very ugly at all.
After leaving WCFL-AM and Chicago later in 1974, he went on to gain on-air jobs in numerous other markets across the country, especially along the east coast and the south, working in the radio industry for 42 years.
He fought a long hard battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Dr. Grady Brock died June 28, 2015 at the age of 66.
Some materials found on this page were originally published by the following: Chicago Radio and Media, Rock Radio Scrapbook.
