Rick Schramm (soon dubbed “Little Ricky” by station staffers) was still in high school when he started working weekend shifts at 97X, during the era when the station was morphing from a traditional rock station to “Cincinnati’s only modern rock radio station.” Hear about his debut on the “Electric Sky Amateur Radio Hour,” how he fired the first shot of “modern rock,” and his interactions with station legends like Steve Daedalus, Mr. K, Danny Crash, John “JJ” Jesser (Ricky was his roommate one summer), Robin Plan and Steve Baker. 

Listen to the podcast episode here.

Rick’s dad’s love of the Indianapolis 500 led Rick to WOXY… and he started digging the music they were playing.

We wonder why Little Ricky ever left radio when he was raking in the big bucks:

Ricky got tired of the loooong drive from Cincinnati’s West Side to Oxford, so he spent a summer rooming with John “JJ” Jesser (at left in the photos below) in O-town. And he probably got his “Little Ricky” moniker from Ken “Mr. K” Glidewell, at right below.

JJ was a college student when Ricky roomed with him, but he went on to co-host the Breakfast Club with Steve Baker.