- Arthur Penhallow
Arthur Penhallow (born
1944 ) is a radio presenter inDetroit, Michigan . He has hosted on radio station 101.1 (WRIF )in the same time slot since 1970.Penhallow was born in
Honolulu, Hawaii . Before beginning his long tenure with WRIF, Art had toured with a band that played with theMamas and the Papas , among others. Under the name "Cicero Grimes," he worked at WNRZ inAnn Arbor in 1970, and then moved to WRIF's predecessor, WXYZ-FM, which at the time was airing a syndicated progressive-rock format distributed by ABC called "Love." Penhallow was one of the "Love" format's local announcers and stayed on as WXYZ-FM transitioned to an all-local air staff and moved from progressive rock to the then-new "album oriented rock " format as WRIF.Penhallow's trademark is the saying of his name as "Arthur Penhallow, BABY", and the cry is one of WRIF's most popular bumper sticker slogans. When
Howard Stern was a D.J. briefly at Detroit station WWWW, he mocked Penhallow's "BABY!" by announcing, "This is WWWW in Detroit, MAMMY!"Penhallow regularly refers to himself as "Big Daddy Arthur P" or simply, "Big Daddy" As do others on the station.
Penhallow played himself in the film "
The Upside of Anger ".External links
* [http://www.arthurp.com/ Arthur Penhallow's official webpage]
* [http://www.wrif.com WRIF webpage]
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