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Doug "The Greaseman" Tracht (born August 1, 1950) is an American radio, television, and movie personality. Tracht is best known for the controversial comments he made on his morning show in the 1980s on WWDC-FM in Washington, D.C. where he took over the morning drive time slot from Howard Stern.
Tracht recently finished a stint on the afternoon drive at WFYV-FM in Jacksonville, Florida.
Tracht was born and grew up in the South Bronx (New York City) with his younger sister, Diana, and parents, Alfred and Gertrude Tracht. His father was a native New Yorker who sold dental supplies; his mother was a Lutheran immigrant from Germany who stayed home to raise her two children until they were in high school, then became a noted educator. Tracht attended DeWitt Clinton High School and graduated in 1968. He majored in broadcasting at Ithaca College and landed a job at the college radio station. "From the first day I got on the air, I was trying to do comedy bits and tell jokes. After my first year in college, I had this station (WYSL) in Buffalo, New York, offer me a big time job." Tracht got a job at WTKO, a low-power top-40 station in Ithaca. The following year, he had moved up to night DJ at a larger station in Binghamton, New York, WENE. Tracht graduated from Ithaca College in 1972 and married Marie who was the receptionist at WENE.
Actors: Aaron Michael Lacey (actor), Louisa Abernathy (actress), Recoe Walker (actor), Recoe Walker (actor), The Greaseman (actor), Wally Ashby (actor), Linda Lawson (actress), Dave Goulding (editor), Sandy Tucker (miscellaneous crew), Wynn Helms (actress), Paul Hernandez (actor), Louise Mannarino (actress), Louise Mannarino (actress), Jennifer Manasseri (actress), Jeff Lee (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,WWDC DC101 Washington - Greaseman (1) - 1986
Full episode of the Greaseman show 2006-07-25
This is a hilarious and classic bit by the Greaseman (Doug Tracht), a legendary radio comedian from the 70s and 80s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Tracht http://www.greaseman.org/
A classic DJ from the east coast.
I recently stumbled upon a recording of The Greaseman from the mid 1990's during his late night shift on 106.7 WJFK. Here he is in all his greasy glory!
Rare interview with The Greaseman at the Florida Times-Union/Jacksonville Journal offices in 1980 on The Cable Report, a cable TV news magazine show produced by the Florida Publishing Company. A follow-up interview done in 1981 is at http://youtu.be/ku6O0dsCu18 . Provided by Larry, an ancient Greaseman fan. Thanks, Larry!
The Greaseman explains an award category for the 1995 Mercury Radio Awards
Rare interview with The Greaseman at the Grease Palace in 1981 on The Cable Report, a cable TV newsmagazine show produced by the Florida Publishing Company. Follow-up interview to one done in 1980.,
Opie & Anthony firing story on FoxNews, aired 8/23/2002. Features an interview with The Greaseman, Doug Tracht.
This profile of Howard was recorded in in 1982 while he was working in Washington DC. What else can I say ??? Nice hair Howard !!!
From early 1999, the Stern show reviews Washington DC radio personality The Greaseman's press conference after he made a racist comment on his show about singer Lauryn Hill. The comment got him fired from DC radio but I think he returned in 2008. Sorry about the "hot" audio.
WWDC DC101 Washington - Greaseman (1) - 1986
I recently stumbled upon a recording of The Greaseman from the mid 1990's during his late night shift on 106.7 WJFK. Here he is in all his greasy glory!
I recently stumbled upon a recording of The Greaseman from the mid 1990's during his late night shift on 106.7 WJFK. Here he is in all his greasy glory!
When the moon is full and burning bright
Comes a strange feeling
Something's watching in the night
I'm tossing and turning
In a cold and sweaty bed
I search for answers
To questions that are ringing in my head
Must I kill again tonight
How can I fight the Beast within
Must I kill again tonight
My soul will burn from the sin
Must I kill again
Forty thousand years have passed
But man has never Learned
Legendary fears are,
Cast in blood that doesn't burn
Only a shot of silver
Can release these chains that bind
A bullet from a holy Cross
Brings the kiss of death so kind
Savage instincts rules me
Grim despair entombs me
Haunting dreams torment and control
The hunger for flesh devours
A curse immortal powers
Inhuman lust to kill tears at my soul
Severe the bloodline
Give me release
The undead are screaming