CHIEF BACK ON THE AIR!!

Chief Jack has returned to the airwaves as of October 15, 2007.  It may seem like it was planned, but it's strictly a coincidence that the rebirth of his Internet station and the signature show, the Mohawk Radio Show, come almost exactly nine months after he went off the air in January.

"The death of my show," The Chief claims, "has been rumored several times in the past, but they've never been able to put me down permanently.  This was the most extended off air case in our history, but I just had to show that I could return and survive."

2007 marks the beginning of Chief Jack's 39th fiscal year on the air.  Mohawk Radio first went on the air in 1969 under the banner "Jack On The Radio" and slogan "Jack On The Radio Means More Variety".  If that sounds familiar, you're right.  At the start of the 21st century, a slew of radio stations in the U.S. and Canada "borrowed" this slogan and began a "new format" (invented by The Chief in 1969) called Jack FM.

When he attempted to break into "big time" radio, Chief Jack asked to keep his format for his show, but radio execs told him the format would never work in a hundred years, and refused to hire him when he stuck to his guns.  Over thirty years later they welcomed the JACK format with open arms as radio's salvation.

Of course, the JACK format didn't work everywhere.  In New York City, oldies powerhouse WCBS-FM was switched to the JACK style, but met so much opposition from the fans that it was forced to dump JACK and return to oldies in order to survive.

The Chief's new Internet station is called, appropriately, Chief Jack Radio, and can be heard at www.live365.com/stations/chiefjackradio, and the show's Website, soon to receive a major overhaul, is at http://groups.msn.com/MohawkRadioShow.  Music plays 24/7, with Chief Jack going live for Mohawk Radio every Monday and Wednesday at 8:30 PM Pacific, 10:30 Central, and 11:30 Eastern time.  The show accepts E-mail requests at mohawkshow1@yahoo.com.