1. Lee Mroszak broadcast on New York City's 92.3 K-Rock and was a regular guest on The Howard Stern Show.
16 Facts About Lee Mroszak
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Lee Mroszak was fired from KQRS after he faked a segment implying that Brett Favre was staying in a Minneapolis hotel with a woman other than his wife.
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Lee Mroszak began his radio career as a frequent caller known as "Cabbie" on The Andy Savage Show, airing on Minneapolis' 93.7 The Edge.
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When Howard Stern's show came to town, Lee Mroszak moved to the KQRS Morning Show, the highest-rated morning drive show in Minneapolis.
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Lee Mroszak raised his visibility at KQRS as a street reporter who took some listeners on a tour of the city's crack cocaine market.
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In one attempt to be outrageous, Lee Mroszak did a "remote report" in which he claimed to have knocked on NFL star Brett Favre's hotel room door when the NFL's Green Bay Packers were in town for a Monday night game.
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Lee Mroszak claimed that he intended to offer Favre some Vicodin and a six-pack of beer, but that he instead discovered the quarterback with a naked female who was not his wife.
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Lee Mroszak was forced into hiding, but eventually admitted that the story was completely fabricated.
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Lee Mroszak would talk about deployment during Gulf War, events that occurred during his stint as a DJ for K-Rock radio in NYC, and many incidents in his personal life.
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Lee Mroszak spent one year in federal prison for tax evasion.
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Lee Mroszak was arrested after saying on the November 9,2004 Howard Stern Show that he did not file a tax return in many years and would not resume filing until the US government cured his Gulf War Syndrome.
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Lee Mroszak pleaded guilty to tax evasion in federal court in December 2004, and was sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to pay his outstanding taxes.
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On July 29,2005, Lee Mroszak was imprisoned at the Federal Correctional Institution in Fort Dix, New Jersey.
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Lee Mroszak was released from prison on July 27,2006, and appeared on The Howard Stern Show that same day to discuss his prison experiences.
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In 2020, it was reported Lee Mroszak suffered from GBS-CIPD, a rare nerve disorder that can result in paralysis.
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In 2021 during an interview with Brad Straubinger for the Here's the Pitch podcast, Lee Mroszak disclosed that he was confined to a wheelchair and could no longer walk, but hoped to launch his own podcast.