Ron Cameron

[Bobbert]

The Freep has a few errors, namely AM frequencies, and omits Ron’s restaurants past the 1980s, but it is still a nice read.

Next Friday I’d love to hear comments on air from old producers, as well as interviewees and callers. If Sean Baligian, George Eichorn, and yes, Bob Page could phone in and expand their tributes it would be even better.

It also says that he was "a face on TV stations such as WMYD-TV (Ch. 20) and WXYZ-TV (Ch. 7)". I know he was on Channel 20 but I don't remember him ever being on Channel 7. I think the reporter confused the WXYZ TV station and the radio station.

[Bobbert]

Things in no particular order that will remind me of Ron

Gretzky
Blake griffin
Anytime I hear “fella”
Jake Rogers-Hope he has a great year
Caravan
Unemployment/no one wants to work
One man operation
Bryon buxton
Bea arthur
“What are you doing here”
Haliburton

There are many more but a few to start

And of course, we'll probably have many WWRS (What Would Ron Say) moments when there are big sports news stories.

[Bobbert]

Some nice comments by Alex Alway and Rich Kincaide on their Facebook pages. Also, a very poignant tribute by someone named Butch Davis.

https://www.facebook.com/alex.alway.3

https://www.facebook.com/rich.kincaide

https://www.facebook.com/butchonsports2

[Rm04111234]

"Crying in the Chapel." I'll so miss the entire Ron experience.

Our fearless leader missing in action? Oh the humanity.............

Rob, sadly, it's worse than he's "missing."

Momo - Been meaning to get back with you; I didn't realize when I made my MIA comment, I had tuned into the show Friday and just figured Ron was sick or the knee had swelled up or whatever forcing him to miss the show. He was a unique legend indeed and your posts on this thread was always great entertainment as well. All the best to you and yours. Rob

[uncleb67]

Some nice comments by Alex Alway and Rich Kincaide on their Facebook pages. Also, a very poignant tribute by someone named Butch Davis.

https://www.facebook.com/alex.alway.3

https://www.facebook.com/rich.kincaide

https://www.facebook.com/butchonsports2

I’m not on FB, so the only one I could see was Alex’ post. I remember Butch used to call Ron, but I hadn’t heard him on there in years, though I’ve heard him call into 97.1. The world of Ron Cameron had far reaching tentacles!

[ShempLives]

I too was puzzled by the Freep's reference to Ron being on WXYZ-TV. "Never say never," but I dare say any Channel 7 appearance by Mr. Cameron was minimal.

[Momo]

Things in no particular order that will remind me of Ron

Gretzky
Blake griffin
Anytime I hear “fella”
Jake Rogers-Hope he has a great year
Caravan
Unemployment/no one wants to work
One man operation
Bryon buxton
Bea arthur
“What are you doing here”
Haliburton

There are many more but a few to start

Some more ... for now.

Insurance company callers
"When you smoke you croke" (apparently you can also croak without smoking)
"Don't come in on me"
"You only have seven callers!" (followed by "Get out!!!")
Cory Lidle (& his doomed flight crashing into Trump Towers)
Jim Harbaugh (ten owed dinners)
Wayne ("Cocaine") Fontes
Bill Keenist/Brian Colangelo
Ndamukong Suh
Jack Morris
Kirk Gibson
Prince Fielder
Miguel Combrero
Isiah Thomas
Cowboy, Kurt & the Warren Boyz
Hiccups

[ShempLives]

I'll never deal with my accountant again without thinking of Ron.

[radiofan1974]

Some nice comments by Alex Alway and Rich Kincaide on their Facebook pages. Also, a very poignant tribute by someone named Butch Davis.

https://www.facebook.com/alex.alway.3

https://www.facebook.com/rich.kincaide

https://www.facebook.com/butchonsports2

Roger faunkner “the third most powerful man in soccer” had some nice comments and summarized a typical experience when interviewd by Ron on Rich Kincaid comment section on FB

[Bobbert]

Some nice comments by Alex Alway and Rich Kincaide on their Facebook pages. Also, a very poignant tribute by someone named Butch Davis.

https://www.facebook.com/alex.alway.3

https://www.facebook.com/rich.kincaide

https://www.facebook.com/butchonsports2

In case anyone can't access Facebook, here are the comments.

Alex

Very sad news to report..longtime Detroit sports talk host Ron Cameron has passed away at 79. I first met Ron when he was a customer at an Arbys in Southgate I was a manager at. He ended up hiring me at age 21 to open up a restaurant in Southfield after I just finished up college for hospitality/culinary. It was invaluable experience to help build my resume and career. Then I worked with Ron on air for about 7 years on WCAR and WDTK to help put Sportstalk together. Again, an opportunity that opened up more doors while meeting some truly amazing people along the way, like Tommy Hearns. After my time on the show ended, I was a guest several times. Never a dull moment on the show. I'm always going to be thankful to him and the opportunities he created for me to grow. Rest easy Ron.

Rich

We received word here in LCA Press box tonight that Ron Cameron, Detroits first radio sports talk show host, is dead at 79. I first met Ron in the spring of 1978 when my own broadcast career was nascent. He had a hard life, but we all know he was an iconoclast; a guy who loved being a sportscaster; a guy who managed his own career his own way.
I hope that he is, tonight at long last, at peace.

Butch

I received word tonight that Ron Cameron, Detroit’s first radio sports talk show host, passed on at 79. My first sighting of Ron Cameron was on the show called Auction Movie on Saturday afternoon from 1:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon on television stations 62, WGPR in the late 70’s early 80’s. Ron also helps me with my first job on radio as he would have me on his show on Friday morning at station WPON which I end up being on the radio station piggybacking his show on the Friday afternoon on my first Radio Sports show” Butch on Sports” at the same station in the late 90’s. Ron existed to be an original who was not afraid to take on management and leadership of Detroit area sports teams. It seems today that a vast majority of broadcast and print sports media in Detroit are in the various teams’ back pockets for fear if they say anything anti team, they’ll lose their job. Ron was courageous in saying what he thought about any Detroit sports team in the area being good, bad, or ugly. I think the sports world including the People in metropolitan Detroit should all celebrate Ron Cameron for bringing sports talk to the radio and give him his just do because many people in sports radio wouldn't have a job if it wasn't for Ron opening the doors for many to say what they want to say in dealing with the world of sports the way it should be. Ron Cameron R.I.P.

[Bobbert]

Things in no particular order that will remind me of Ron

Gretzky
Blake griffin
Anytime I hear “fella”
Jake Rogers-Hope he has a great year
Caravan
Unemployment/no one wants to work
One man operation
Bryon buxton
Bea arthur
“What are you doing here”
Haliburton

There are many more but a few to start

Some more ... for now.

Insurance company callers
"When you smoke you croke" (apparently you can also croak without smoking)
"Don't come in on me"
"You only have seven callers!" (followed by "Get out!!!")
Cory Lidle (& his doomed flight crashing into Trump Towers)
Jim Harbaugh (ten owed dinners)
Wayne ("Cocaine") Fontes
Bill Keenist/Brian Colangelo
Ndamukong Suh
Jack Morris
Kirk Gibson
Prince Fielder
Miguel Combrero
Isiah Thomas
Cowboy, Kurt & the Warren Boyz
Hiccups

Every time I see a picture of Tommy Hearns, I'll remember Ron cracking up at his "Geezers at Caesar's" joke.

And two phrases that will remain in my memory forever:

"Hello everybody!"
"Bye bye, everybody"

[Momo]

Some nice comments by Alex Alway and Rich Kincaide on their Facebook pages. Also, a very poignant tribute by someone named Butch Davis.

https://www.facebook.com/alex.alway.3

https://www.facebook.com/rich.kincaide

https://www.facebook.com/butchonsports2

Butch Davis, who published some Downriver sports periodical, was a frequent caller on Ron's morning (9-11) show on WPON in the '10s. Because Ron then had no guests, few callers & no access to email (hence, the impulse to create fictional callers), Butch's calls were so long that one might think he was a guest.

[uncleb67]

Some nice comments by Alex Alway and Rich Kincaide on their Facebook pages. Also, a very poignant tribute by someone named Butch Davis.

https://www.facebook.com/alex.alway.3

https://www.facebook.com/rich.kincaide

https://www.facebook.com/butchonsports2

In case anyone can't access Facebook, here are the comments.

Alex

Very sad news to report..longtime Detroit sports talk host Ron Cameron has passed away at 79. I first met Ron when he was a customer at an Arbys in Southgate I was a manager at. He ended up hiring me at age 21 to open up a restaurant in Southfield after I just finished up college for hospitality/culinary. It was invaluable experience to help build my resume and career. Then I worked with Ron on air for about 7 years on WCAR and WDTK to help put Sportstalk together. Again, an opportunity that opened up more doors while meeting some truly amazing people along the way, like Tommy Hearns. After my time on the show ended, I was a guest several times. Never a dull moment on the show. I'm always going to be thankful to him and the opportunities he created for me to grow. Rest easy Ron.

Rich

We received word here in LCA Press box tonight that Ron Cameron, Detroits first radio sports talk show host, is dead at 79. I first met Ron in the spring of 1978 when my own broadcast career was nascent. He had a hard life, but we all know he was an iconoclast; a guy who loved being a sportscaster; a guy who managed his own career his own way.
I hope that he is, tonight at long last, at peace.

Butch

I received word tonight that Ron Cameron, Detroit’s first radio sports talk show host, passed on at 79. My first sighting of Ron Cameron was on the show called Auction Movie on Saturday afternoon from 1:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon on television stations 62, WGPR in the late 70’s early 80’s. Ron also helps me with my first job on radio as he would have me on his show on Friday morning at station WPON which I end up being on the radio station piggybacking his show on the Friday afternoon on my first Radio Sports show” Butch on Sports” at the same station in the late 90’s. Ron existed to be an original who was not afraid to take on management and leadership of Detroit area sports teams. It seems today that a vast majority of broadcast and print sports media in Detroit are in the various teams’ back pockets for fear if they say anything anti team, they’ll lose their job. Ron was courageous in saying what he thought about any Detroit sports team in the area being good, bad, or ugly. I think the sports world including the People in metropolitan Detroit should all celebrate Ron Cameron for bringing sports talk to the radio and give him his just do because many people in sports radio wouldn't have a job if it wasn't for Ron opening the doors for many to say what they want to say in dealing with the world of sports the way it should be. Ron Cameron R.I.P.

Thanks for putting those up! On a related note, I’d love to see Roger Faulkner’s note that posted on Rich Kincaid’s FB page about the Ron Show Experience!

[Matt]

You don't have a pathetic old man to kick around and ridicule anymore - how will you all manage???

[Momo]

I'm imagining Ron now fielding sports-only questions ("This is a sports show") from all his (allegedly) dead callers/emailers.