More from Scott Carpenter (a.k.a. Pat BergIn) '40 years in broadcasting or My Life As An Idiot!'

From: 40 years in broadcasting or My Life As An Idiot

'The question I get asked the most by CHUM fans is “How did you come to be known as 'The Boogieman'?” Well, as with most of the events in my professional career, it wasn't my idea at all.
The ultra high energy, nearly frantic presentation I used wasn't new by any stretch, any number of Djs had adapted the approach for years. From Dick Biondi... first in Buffalo, then Chicago... to “The Real Don Steele” in Los Angeles, radio personalities had been tearing up the airways and driving responsible adults nuts since the beginning of Top-40 radio. Indeed, Toronto had experienced it's own wild man in the personage of Dave Marsden, who as “Dave Mickey” made me look like a somnambulist. ... ' READ MORE: The Birth of the Boogieman