Almost Heaven: Remembering Eric McGuire Trailer
(PREVIEW) In 2011, West Virginia morning DJ Eric McGuire vanished from the airwaves. Soon afterward, rumors of his death began to swirl. For decades, McGuire was the best–known morning radio host in West Virginia. From his early work in Elkins,...
An episode of the The Eric and Kevin Show podcast, hosted by MetroNews, titled "Almost Heaven: Remembering Eric McGuire Trailer" was published on December 17, 2019 and runs 1 minutes.
December 17, 2019 ·1m · The Eric and Kevin Show
Summary
(PREVIEW) In 2011, West Virginia morning DJ Eric McGuire vanished from the airwaves. Soon afterward, rumors of his death began to swirl.For decades, McGuire was the best–known morning radio host in West Virginia. From his early work in Elkins, McGuire wove himself into the fabric of West Virginia media and culture, building a nine-station network throughout the state. Over the course of his career, McGuire created an entire cast of fictional characters for his shows, discovering many real–life West Virginia characters along the way. On this episode of Almost Heaven, we revisit McGuire’s career to see how a farmer from Barbour County became the funniest – and possibly the meanest – man on WV radio. (And is he alive or what?)
Episode Description
For decades, McGuire was the best–known morning radio host in West Virginia. From his early work in Elkins, McGuire wove himself into the fabric of West Virginia media and culture, building a nine-station network throughout the state. Over the course of his career, McGuire created an entire cast of fictional characters for his shows, discovering many real–life West Virginia characters along the way.
On this episode of Almost Heaven, we revisit McGuire’s career to see how a farmer from Barbour County became the funniest – and possibly the meanest – man on WV radio. (And is he alive or what?)
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