Raging Mouth | The Mike North Story
In the 1990s, a Chicago hotdog stand owner convinces a radio station entrepreneur to turn one of his stations from a music format to all-sports. Then, the the fast food restaurant owner fast talks his way onto the airwaves and soon becomes the highest paid local sports broadcaster in the nation. That’s just part of the Mike North story. This multi-part series, brought to you by Rahl Jewelers in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, uncovers Mike North’s many battles with broadcasters, celebrities and booze and how the love of a woman named BeBe saved him from his demons.
Episodes
Mike North recalls his early days at the Score Sports Radio. In vivid detai, Mike takes us through the the time he interviewed for an on-air job to his debut at the Score co-hosting the Monsters of the Midday.
In the upcoming episode 3.2, Mike will take us through the high moments of working at the Score and the low moments.
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This preview of "Raging Mouth - The Mike North" story contains clips from each of the five chapters that will detail the life of one of America's wildest radio sportscasters, pitchmen, TV show hosts and now sports handicapper.
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Mike North was born on Chicago's north side in 1952. This formative chapter in Mike's upbringing reveals that he had a number of challenges growing up. The apartment buildings he lived in provided little of the comforts most of us grew up with. His father, a heavy drinker, drove him hard and the two had a complex relationship. Both his parents put pressure on him to do well in school, but the classroom was a battle Mike could not...
Movies and newspapers were a big part of Mike North's adolescence and teen years. After he got over his reading issues, he poured over every page of Chicago's newspapers. As for movies, Mike was not averse to hop on a bus and travel miles to see a movie. By himself. But, it was music that provided Mike North with all the inspiration he needed to overcome dark days.
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Rahl Jewelers presents Chapter Two of this multi-part series on the like of Mike North.
Here, Mike reveals he was drafted into the military when the Vietnam war was upending the country and families. Then, he meets, maybe the one person in the world, who could love him unconditionally and nurture his soul. The two built a thriving business together and besides falling in love with themselves they fell in love with Licorice. Finall...
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