669 Radio Show

The 669 Show is a late night college radio show broadcast in Cleveland, Ohio on WCSB 89.3 FM, in the music, comedy, shock, and phone-in genres.
Show
The show first aired in 1996,
and airs Friday Late Night/Saturday Early Morning from 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
The show's official page describes it as "a beacon for freaks of all types who are up listening to the airwaves."
The show mixes music, phone calls, and stunts, including "punk rock, metal, crank calls, various audio oddities, and a non-stop barrage of serial callers."
Reception
Callender was selected as Cleveland Scene's Best Of in 2005, with this description: As the "sick, sick mind behind 669," Craig Callander helms the most scatological show on the Cleveland airwaves. Otherwise known as Dr. Lance Underpants and Sweet Ass Sassafrass, Callander comes with a nonstop barrage of oddball in-studio guests (everyone from the Insane Clown Posse to Cleveland furniture czar Marc Brown) and humor as black and sticky as an oil spill. In between blasting everything from vintage punk to Tiny Tim, Callander fields calls from naked Puerto Rican chicks, cops, and dudes pretending to be robots named Zeldar. During a recent show (his program airs Saturday mornings from 1 to 4 a.m.), Callander attempted to encapsulate the mirth and misanthropy that is 669. "Let's sum it up with a few adjectives," he began. "Obviously, it's musky. It's helpful, inflammatory, swollen, subliminal, special - like short-bus special. It's Dee Sniderish and Judas Priestly. Understandable? Not so much." Crispin Glover (Back to the Future) appeared in 2009; other guests have included Drew Carey, Insane Clown Posse, and Doug Stanhope.
Norton Furniture Commercials
Sweetass (Craig Callander) has taken part in Norton Furniture commercials including "Caveman," "Look At Those Babies" and "Twas The Night Before Christmas," over ten as of January 2008. Many videos can be seen on YouTube; including ones of the far past that have been uploaded by fans of the quirky commercials.
Recognition
*1999 - Best DJ in Cleveland - Craig Callander. Cleveland Free Times.
*2000 - Best College Radio Station - WCSB 89.3FM. Cleveland Free Times.
*2000 - Best DJ - Craig Callander. Cleveland Free Times.
*2001 - Best College Radio Personality - Craig Callander. Cleveland Free Times.
*2002 - Best College Radio Show - 669. Cleveland Scene.
*2003 - Best College Radio Show - 669 on WCSB-FM. Cleveland Scene.
*2004 - Best Radio Programming - WCSB-FM 89.3. Cleveland Scene.
*2005 - Best College Radio Personality - Craig Callander. Cleveland Scene.
*2009 - Best Reasons to Turn On The Radio - WCSB-FM (with WJCU, WRUW). Cleveland Scene.

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