"Lance Christian" - The Real Story

The story that Schlosser told on WCCC today about how
he got the name "Lance Christian" and why he got fired
from WPOP back in the 70's is not how I remember it...
and I was there!!!

When he came for his interview at WPOP back in 1972, I
was hanging around in the lobby with a few other jocks.

During the interview, the PD, who had had a few drinks,
came out and asked us to give him a few other names for
"The Devil." We gave him some names like "Beelzebub",
"Lucifer", "Satan", "The Prince of Darkness."

We asked why he wanted these names, and he told us that
he wanted to give the air-name to the guy he was
interviewing. As I said, he had a few drinks in him.

We convinced him that Connecticut was such a straight-
laced market, that that might not go over so well.

In the meantime, a few of the guys were still tossing
out names and somebody said, "Anti-Christ" and then
somebody else said, "Christian." The PD pounced on
that name and decided to go with "Lance" because that
was his son's name. And so "Lance Christian" was
created in the lobby at WPOP.

Schlosser also said that WPOP fired him because he
had to go away for two weeks that summer for Guard
duty. That's not so. WPOP had a long history of
keeping the jobs open for guys who who had to serve
in the military. The PD and the GM were both
ex-marines who believed in service to your country.

Bill Winters and Frank Holler are just two examples of
guys who went in the service in those days and got
their jobs back as soon as their service was complete.

Schlosser was canned because he got into a fight with
the station's top salesman!! We were at a Donkey
Basketball game at Southington High School and Joe was
out on the court. In the meantime, the WPOP salesman,
who was on crutches because he got his legs crushed
in an auto accident, made a pass at Schlosser's girl
friend (or maybe his wife???) Joe got mad and got
into a serious beef with the salesman in the halls of
Southington HS in front of a lot of listeners. Fists
and crutches were flying!!!

He got canned the following day because you don't mess
with the top billing salesman...you don't pick a fight
with a guy on crutches...and you especially don't
make the station look bad in front of listeners.

> The story that Schlosser told on WCCC today about how
> he got the name "Lance Christian" and why he got fired
> from WPOP back in the 70's is not how I remember it...
> and I was there!!!
>
> When he came for his interview at WPOP back in 1972, I
> was hanging around in the lobby with a few other jocks.
>
> During the interview, the PD, who had had a few drinks,
> came out and asked us to give him a few other names for
> "The Devil." We gave him some names like "Beelzebub",
> "Lucifer", "Satan", "The Prince of Darkness."
>
> We asked why he wanted these names, and he told us that
> he wanted to give the air-name to the guy he was
> interviewing. As I said, he had a few drinks in him.
>
> We convinced him that Connecticut was such a straight-
> laced market, that that might not go over so well.
>
> In the meantime, a few of the guys were still tossing
> out names and somebody said, "Anti-Christ" and then
> somebody else said, "Christian." The PD pounced on
> that name and decided to go with "Lance" because that
> was his son's name. And so "Lance Christian" was
> created in the lobby at WPOP.
>
> Schlosser also said that WPOP fired him because he
> had to go away for two weeks that summer for Guard
> duty. That's not so. WPOP had a long history of
> keeping the jobs open for guys who who had to serve
> in the military. The PD and the GM were both
> ex-marines who believed in service to your country.
>
> Bill Winters and Frank Holler are just two examples of
> guys who went in the service in those days and got
> their jobs back as soon as their service was complete.
>
> Schlosser was canned because he got into a fight with
> the station's top salesman!! We were at a Donkey
> Basketball game at Southington High School and Joe was
> out on the court. In the meantime, the WPOP salesman,
> who was on crutches because he got his legs crushed
> in an auto accident, made a pass at Schlosser's girl
> friend (or maybe his wife???) Joe got mad and got
> into a serious beef with the salesman in the halls of
> Southington HS in front of a lot of listeners. Fists
> and crutches were flying!!!
>
> He got canned the following day because you don't mess
> with the top billing salesman...you don't pick a fight
> with a guy on crutches...and you especially don't
> make the station look bad in front of listeners.
>


Figures on the firing part. Another a$$hat CCC employee with a wonderful sense of judgement.
The question I have is did CCC management take into account that Sebastian is a "bookie". And did that come into effect when determining his salary. CURIOUS!

"I'm a gay man and a gay journalist"

Nothing against Sebastian or Lance Christian, or Mary Scanlon (KC 101) who will be joining him, but I'll be curious to see how much WCCC's ratings plunge when Stern goes.

In my opinion, WCCC will become almost irrelevant post-Stern.


> > The story that Schlosser told on WCCC today about how
> > he got the name "Lance Christian" and why he got fired
> > from WPOP back in the 70's is not how I remember it...
> > and I was there!!!
> >
> > When he came for his interview at WPOP back in 1972, I
> > was hanging around in the lobby with a few other jocks.
> >
> > During the interview, the PD, who had had a few drinks,
> > came out and asked us to give him a few other names for
> > "The Devil." We gave him some names like "Beelzebub",
> > "Lucifer", "Satan", "The Prince of Darkness."
> >
> > We asked why he wanted these names, and he told us that
> > he wanted to give the air-name to the guy he was
> > interviewing. As I said, he had a few drinks in him.
> >
> > We convinced him that Connecticut was such a straight-
> > laced market, that that might not go over so well.
> >
> > In the meantime, a few of the guys were still tossing
> > out names and somebody said, "Anti-Christ" and then
> > somebody else said, "Christian." The PD pounced on
> > that name and decided to go with "Lance" because that
> > was his son's name. And so "Lance Christian" was
> > created in the lobby at WPOP.
> >
> > Schlosser also said that WPOP fired him because he
> > had to go away for two weeks that summer for Guard
> > duty. That's not so. WPOP had a long history of
> > keeping the jobs open for guys who who had to serve
> > in the military. The PD and the GM were both
> > ex-marines who believed in service to your country.
> >
> > Bill Winters and Frank Holler are just two examples of
> > guys who went in the service in those days and got
> > their jobs back as soon as their service was complete.
> >
> > Schlosser was canned because he got into a fight with
> > the station's top salesman!! We were at a Donkey
> > Basketball game at Southington High School and Joe was
> > out on the court. In the meantime, the WPOP salesman,
> > who was on crutches because he got his legs crushed
> > in an auto accident, made a pass at Schlosser's girl
> > friend (or maybe his wife???) Joe got mad and got
> > into a serious beef with the salesman in the halls of
> > Southington HS in front of a lot of listeners. Fists
> > and crutches were flying!!!
> >
> > He got canned the following day because you don't mess
> > with the top billing salesman...you don't pick a fight
> > with a guy on crutches...and you especially don't
> > make the station look bad in front of listeners.
> >
>
>
> Figures on the firing part. Another a$$hat CCC employee with
> a wonderful sense of judgement.
> The question I have is did CCC management take into account
> that Sebastian is a "bookie". And did that come into effect
> when determining his salary. CURIOUS!
>
> "I'm a gay man and a gay journalist"
>

I think the only Ratings WCCC will lose will be due to the followers of Stern going to Satelite and those following Him. WCCC can hold their own. The did it Before Stern and will After Stern. WCCC is the best Station in CT hands down. NO competition in the Rock scene. Let the HipHop/Rap stations fight over listeners while WCCC sits back and watches the Rock fans Come running!>




Nothing against Sebastian or Lance Christian, or Mary
> Scanlon (KC 101) who will be joining him, but I'll be
> curious to see how much WCCC's ratings plunge when Stern
> goes.
>
> In my opinion, WCCC will become almost irrelevant
> post-Stern.
>
>
> > > The story that Schlosser told on WCCC today about how
> > > he got the name "Lance Christian" and why he got fired
> > > from WPOP back in the 70's is not how I remember it...
> > > and I was there!!!
> > >
> > > When he came for his interview at WPOP back in 1972, I
> > > was hanging around in the lobby with a few other jocks.
> > >
> > > During the interview, the PD, who had had a few drinks,
> > > came out and asked us to give him a few other names for
> > > "The Devil." We gave him some names like "Beelzebub",
> > > "Lucifer", "Satan", "The Prince of Darkness."
> > >
> > > We asked why he wanted these names, and he told us that
> > > he wanted to give the air-name to the guy he was
> > > interviewing. As I said, he had a few drinks in him.
> > >
> > > We convinced him that Connecticut was such a straight-
> > > laced market, that that might not go over so well.
> > >
> > > In the meantime, a few of the guys were still tossing
> > > out names and somebody said, "Anti-Christ" and then
> > > somebody else said, "Christian." The PD pounced on
> > > that name and decided to go with "Lance" because that
> > > was his son's name. And so "Lance Christian" was
> > > created in the lobby at WPOP.
> > >
> > > Schlosser also said that WPOP fired him because he
> > > had to go away for two weeks that summer for Guard
> > > duty. That's not so. WPOP had a long history of
> > > keeping the jobs open for guys who who had to serve
> > > in the military. The PD and the GM were both
> > > ex-marines who believed in service to your country.
> > >
> > > Bill Winters and Frank Holler are just two examples of
> > > guys who went in the service in those days and got
> > > their jobs back as soon as their service was complete.
> > >
> > > Schlosser was canned because he got into a fight with
> > > the station's top salesman!! We were at a Donkey
> > > Basketball game at Southington High School and Joe was
> > > out on the court. In the meantime, the WPOP salesman,
> > > who was on crutches because he got his legs crushed
> > > in an auto accident, made a pass at Schlosser's girl
> > > friend (or maybe his wife???) Joe got mad and got
> > > into a serious beef with the salesman in the halls of
> > > Southington HS in front of a lot of listeners. Fists
> > > and crutches were flying!!!
> > >
> > > He got canned the following day because you don't mess
> > > with the top billing salesman...you don't pick a fight
> > > with a guy on crutches...and you especially don't
> > > make the station look bad in front of listeners.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Figures on the firing part. Another a$$hat CCC employee
> with
> > a wonderful sense of judgement.
> > The question I have is did CCC management take into
> account
> > that Sebastian is a "bookie". And did that come into
> effect
> > when determining his salary. CURIOUS!
> >
> > "I'm a gay man and a gay journalist"
> >
>

> I think the only Ratings WCCC will lose will be due to the
> followers of Stern going to Satelite and those following
> Him. WCCC can hold their own. The did it Before Stern and
> will After Stern. WCCC is the best Station in CT hands down.
> NO competition in the Rock scene. Let the HipHop/Rap
> stations fight over listeners while WCCC sits back and
> watches the Rock fans Come running!>

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

Dude, you're funny. Next tell me the secrets of the Matrix.

> > I think the only Ratings WCCC will lose will be due to the
>
> > followers of Stern going to Satelite and those following
> > Him. WCCC can hold their own. The did it Before Stern and
> > will After Stern. WCCC is the best Station in CT hands
> down.
> > NO competition in the Rock scene. Let the HipHop/Rap
> > stations fight over listeners while WCCC sits back and
> > watches the Rock fans Come running!>
>
> BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
>
> Dude, you're funny. Next tell me the secrets of the Matrix.
>
Not trying to be funny...just speaking the truth. What other morning shows are out there?? Not too many worth listening too. They are all Stern Copycats anyway. Im not sayint that Sebastian isnt a stern copycat,but those WCCC listeners that arent following to Sirius, will Stay with WCCC because they are the ONLY rock station In CT.

> > > I think the only Ratings WCCC will lose will be due to
> the
> >
> > > followers of Stern going to Satelite and those following
>
> > > Him. WCCC can hold their own. The did it Before Stern
> and
> > > will After Stern. WCCC is the best Station in CT hands
> > down.
> > > NO competition in the Rock scene. Let the HipHop/Rap
> > > stations fight over listeners while WCCC sits back and
> > > watches the Rock fans Come running!>
> >
> > BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
> >
> > Dude, you're funny. Next tell me the secrets of the
> Matrix.
> >
> Not trying to be funny...just speaking the truth. What other
> morning shows are out there?? Not too many worth listening
> too. They are all Stern Copycats anyway. Im not sayint that
> Sebastian isnt a stern copycat,but those WCCC listeners that
> arent following to Sirius, will Stay with WCCC because they
> are the ONLY rock station In CT.
>
No, they aren't. How about WPLR? WRKI?

> > > > I think the only Ratings WCCC will lose will be due to
>
> > the
> > >
> > > > followers of Stern going to Satelite and those
> following
> >
> > > > Him. WCCC can hold their own. The did it Before Stern
> > and
> > > > will After Stern. WCCC is the best Station in CT hands
>
> > > down.
> > > > NO competition in the Rock scene. Let the HipHop/Rap
> > > > stations fight over listeners while WCCC sits back and
>
> > > > watches the Rock fans Come running!>
> > >
> > > BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
> > >
> > > Dude, you're funny. Next tell me the secrets of the
> > Matrix.
> > >
> > Not trying to be funny...just speaking the truth. What
> other
> > morning shows are out there?? Not too many worth listening
>
> > too. They are all Stern Copycats anyway. Im not sayint
> that
> > Sebastian isnt a stern copycat,but those WCCC listeners
> that
> > arent following to Sirius, will Stay with WCCC because
> they
> > are the ONLY rock station In CT.
> >
> No, they aren't. How about WPLR? WRKI?
> Ok let me Rephrase.....WCCC is the only rock station that plays "New" rock music. PLR plays old school, and sometimes they throw in Nickelback,which every station in CT plays. Youll never hear Hardcore or metal on PLR. WCCC listeners like extreme rock,Metallica,Mudvayne,Ozzy. I can go on and on. and You will never hear those bands on any other stations in CT. Thats why we remain loyal to WCCC.

> Ok let me Rephrase.....WCCC is the only rock station that
> plays "New" rock music. PLR plays old school, and sometimes
> they throw in Nickelback,which every station in CT plays.
> Youll never hear Hardcore or metal on PLR. WCCC listeners
> like extreme rock,Metallica,Mudvayne,Ozzy. I can go on and
> on. and You will never hear those bands on any other
> stations in CT. Thats why we remain loyal to WCCC.
>

What they imply is that WCCC-FM is the only active rock station in the Hartford/New Britain/Middletown market. By the way, WPLR-FM does play Ozzy.

As for Sebastian, I think it's a step backwards taking him on as a morning man. Just how old is he anyway?

> > Ok let me Rephrase.....WCCC is the only rock station that
> > plays "New" rock music. PLR plays old school, and
> sometimes
> > they throw in Nickelback,which every station in CT plays.
> > Youll never hear Hardcore or metal on PLR. WCCC listeners
> > like extreme rock,Metallica,Mudvayne,Ozzy. I can go on and
>
> > on. and You will never hear those bands on any other
> > stations in CT. Thats why we remain loyal to WCCC.
> >
>
> What they imply is that WCCC-FM is the only active rock
> station in the Hartford/New Britain/Middletown market. By
> the way, WPLR-FM does play Ozzy.
>
> As for Sebastian, I think it's a step backwards taking him
> on as a morning man. Just how old is he anyway?
>I agree it may be a step back, and He is Fairly old,But what should WCCC do when they Lose the "greatest" morning show? You have to replace it with something. I thought Sebastian was great when He was on before Stern came to WCCC. He is "local" so alot of His show is stuff We can relate too. Should they have taken on David Lee roth? or Adam Corolla? I dont think that would have worked. All the shows throughout CT in the AM are the same wether its 95.7,96 104 whatever,few stray from the norm. Perhaps WCCC should have just gone to playing Music. 96 tic plays Ozzy too, that doesnt make it a "rock" station

Not necessarily. You're making the assumption that all of Howard's listeners listen to rock radio. That's not the case. In fact, it's been shown that many Stern affiliates experience a severe dropoff in listeners after he signs off for the day. WCCC's active rock format targets 18-34 males, while Howard's show is decidedly a 25-54 program. Stern is not only on rock stations, but also on FM talkers, a few CHR/Rhythmics, even a couple of "Jack" stations! His appeal extends far beyond rock radio, and so do his listener's tastes in music.

Having said that, I agree that WCCC will be fine, simply because they're the only current-based rock station in the region. They will take a hit when Howard leaves but it probably won't be as pronounced as it will be at other Stern stations around the country. However, if the numbers do go down dramatically, I wouldn't be surprised to see more gold titles added to their library since younger listeners aren't flocking toward active rock and alternative stations the way they once did.

Mike Thomas



> Not trying to be funny...just speaking the truth. What other
> morning shows are out there?? Not too many worth listening
> too. They are all Stern Copycats anyway. Im not sayint that
> Sebastian isnt a stern copycat,but those WCCC listeners that
> arent following to Sirius, will Stay with WCCC because they
> are the ONLY rock station In CT.
>