When did william joseph vermillion cause a traffic jam?”
William Vermillion Jr., 71, ruled local airwaves as ‘Weird Beard’ Orlando Sentinel, The (FL) – May 27, 2008 Author: Rich McKay, Sentinel Staff Writer Before the homogenization of radio, it was the voice of “The Weird Beard” who ruled Orlando’s airwaves with rapid-fire banter, free-style record selections and a zaniness that has all but been sterilized out of existence. William Joseph Vermillion Jr. once caused a traffic jam when he jokingly announced that Lake Eola was filled with chocolate milk. He got chewed out by the school superintendents for telling all high school girls to go to class wearing culottes. And he wrinkled the uptight noses of the Federal Communications Commission’s officials when he hired radio jinglers to sing the required Emergency Broadcasting System’s test message. The voice of Weird Beard, a ’60s- and ’70s-era disc jockey for WLOF AM — fell silent a little after 1 p.m. Saturday when he succumbed to a long fight with intestinal cancer, his son said. Vermillion
William Joseph Vermillion 1936-2008 William Joseph Vermillion Jr. once caused a traffic jam when he jokingly announced that Lake Eola was filled with chocolate milk. He got chewed out by the school superintendents for telling all high school girls to go to class wearing culottes. And he wrinkled the uptight noses of the Federal Communications Commission’s officials when he hired radio jinglers to sing the required Emergency Broadcasting System’s test message.
