38 Facts About Mancow Muller

Matthew Erich "Mancow" Muller was born on June 21,1966 and is an American radio and television personality, actor, and former child actor.

Mancow Muller is best known for Mancow's Morning Madhouse, a Chicago-based syndicated radio show, and The Mancow Radio Experience, which have been nationally distributed by Talk Radio Network.

In January 2019, Mancow Muller returned to radio on WLS to host mornings, but has since been replaced.

Erich Mancow Muller, as he was commonly known, was born to parents John and Dawn Mancow Muller and raised in the Kansas City, Missouri area with older brothers Johnny and Mark.

Mancow Muller expressed an interest in radio and the entertainment industry as a whole from an early age.

Erich Mancow Muller worked as a model and child actor, appearing in regional print and television commercials as well as Kansas City theater productions.

Erich Mancow Muller attended multiple schools in the Kansas City area, including Blue Ridge Christian School.

Mancow Muller transferred to the suburban Harrisonville school district, where he was graduated from high school.

Mancow Muller earned double degrees from the university in Public Relations and Theatre in 1990.

Mancow Muller got a job at KOKO in Warrensburg as a late night control board operator, playing local commercials during satellite broadcasts of The Larry King Show.

Mancow Muller accepted the position, plus a weekend air shift, while completing his final semester at Central Missouri State.

Now going by his old college nickname Mancow, in 1993 Muller made national headlines with a publicity stunt that caused a major traffic problem for San Francisco.

Mancow Muller used vans to block the westbound lanes on the bridge while his then-sidekick, Jesus "Chuy" Gomez, received a haircut.

Mancow Muller accepted a job offer by Evergreen Media President Jim de Castro at more than double his salary to move to Chicago and work at "Rock 103.5".

Mancow Muller had close on and off air relationships with "Crazy Howard" McGee of WGCI-FM and Mike North of WSCR.

McGee and Mancow Muller's shows ran at the same time but catered to different demographics.

Between 1999 and 2004, David Edward Smith's Citizens for Community Values filed 66 indecency complaints with the FCC relating to Mancow Muller's program, leading to 6 citations and $42,000 in fines.

In 2004 Mancow Muller sued Smith for harassment and business interference, but later dropped the lawsuit.

When Mancow Muller's fans complied by showing up with the placards, openly taunting the singer, booing him and pelting him with refuse, Durst erupted into a profanity-laced homophobic tirade and left the stage only 17 minutes into the show.

Mancow Muller continued to host his nationally syndicated morning radio program.

Mancow Muller then hosted a Sunday night show on WABC from September 2010 until October 2011, when he was let go following Cumulus Media's acquisition of WABC parent Citadel Broadcasting.

In February 2013, a program called The Mancow Muller Mashup began airing on the network, which was a half-hour program that showed highlights from the previous morning's Television show.

Mancow Muller confirmed that for the first time since 1985, he will be taking a break from both TV and radio.

However, Mancow Muller mentioned the possibility of other ventures, including a potential movie review show.

Mancow Muller's show on WLUP ended on 6 March 2018 when it was announced that WLUP had been sold to Christian radio broadcaster Educational Media Foundation.

On January 3,2019, Mancow Muller returned to WLS in Chicago after nine months off the air.

Mancow Muller said his new show will focus more on news, entertainment and politics compared to his time on The Loop.

Mancow Muller announced he is leaving his show, on November 25,2020.

Mancow Muller offered a $13,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the driver, but was unsuccessful.

Mancow Muller commented on Dean's negative opinions on the War in Iraq, calling Dean a traitor who "ought to be kicked out of America" and "tried for treason".

On May 22,2009, Mancow Muller had himself waterboarded during his radio program on WLS, having lost a listener poll determining whether he or co-host Pat Cassidy would be the one waterboarded.

South had no formal training in waterboarding and had never before performed the procedure, leading the online celebrity and gossip site Gawker to accuse Mancow Muller of faking the whole thing.

Mancow Muller married Sandy Ferrando, a former publicist, on February 14,2003.

Mancow Muller has twin daughters named Ava Grace and Isabella Sofia.

Mancow Muller attended Harvest Bible Chapel from 2014 to 2019 and was a personal friend of pastor James MacDonald since 2016.

In November 2018 Mancow Muller travelled to Palestine with MacDonald where he baptized him in the Jordan River.

Less than two months later in January 2019 and less than three weeks after starting his new radio show on WLS-Chicago, Mancow Muller began calling MacDonald a con artist on his show and on social media sites, and asking him to resign or be removed as pastor.

Mancow Muller has consistently criticized and accused MacDonald of crimes since January 2019, including murder-for-hire in May 2019.