LOU
SHRIVER
Ramblin
Lou Shriver is blazed a solitary path starting more
than a half-century ago, preaching the gospel of country
music way before it became cool to be country in the
northeast. Shriver earned an increasingly fine living
simply by being himself—a broadcaster who played
Ernest Tubb instead of Frankie Avalon, a bandleader
who barnstormed the Northeast, an irrepressible salesman
who cajoled merchants into investing in his radio show,
and a radio station chieftain who now ranks as the
only independent owner in the Buffalo radio market.
In the process, he became one of the most revered country-music
radio personality north of the Mason-Dixon line. Beginning
as a teenager at WJJL Buffalo NY in 1947, Schriver
parlayed his love of country and his relentless pursuit
of the public ear into a career that probably knows
no equal. Moving to WWOL Buffalo NY in 1964 broadened
his audience, and purchasing WMMJ Lancaster NY , a
Buffalo suburb,in 1970 and transforming it into WXRL
gave him the ultimate bona fides as a broadcaster.
Lou Shriver was inducted into the Country Music D J
Hall of Fame in 1985, and has been inducted into the
Buffalo Music Hall of Fame.. Ramblin’ Lou’s
Family Band continues to perform regularly, and Lou
still hosts his daily radio show each afternoon on
WXRL. |
