Dave Reinhart, 67, Former DJ And Radio Exec

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Former DJ And Radio Exec Dave Reinhart Dies In Florida

Posted by jkiesewetter May 3rd, 2010, 9:43 am
http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/05/03/former-dj-and-radio-exec-dave-reinhart-dies-in-florida/

Dave Reinhart, the former WSAI-AM DJ and WLW-AM manager, died Sunday in
the Orlando area after a long battle with muscular system atrophy, a
degenerative neurological disorder. He was 67. Reinhart worked at old
WSAI on West 8th street in Price Hill, left radio for a while to become
a stockbroker, and returned to be a weekend DJ at WLW, and later WLW-AM
program director in the 1980s as the boss of John Phillips, Pat Barry,
Gary Burbank, Andy Mac, Bob Trumpy and others. �Rhino� helped oversee
the transition of 700 under Randy Michaels from music to talk. He headed
to Tampa in the late 1980s or early 1990s, where he was a Clear Channel
market manager and regional VP over stations in WFLZ-FM (the Power Pig)
and other stations Tampa, Sarasota and Bradenton. All Access says he
retired in 1993, but that�s wrong. He retired in about 2005, says his
son Scott Reinhart, manager of WEBN-FM and Clear Channel�s FM operations
director here. Rhino lived in Lady Lake, Fla., about an hour north of
Orlando, with his wife, Joanie.

One former coworker tells All Access that �Dave was more like a dad than
a boss. He was a remarkable mentor and friend, and many of us owe a
great deal to him.� Says John Phillips, the former WLW traffic reporter
now managing the Tribune Tower in Chicago for Randy Michaels: �You won�t
find a man with more integrity, loyalty, or management talent. He took
such good care of us, truly one of the finest people we�ll ever call a
friend.� I�m guessing that others who worked for Rhino here will say
the same thing. He was universally loved and respected in radio here.

A celebration of Dave�s life will be Saturday in Florida. See the
tribute page at Hiers-Baxley Funeral Services site. There�s also a
Facebook page too.

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