Word: clevelandism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Unlike Cleveland, Pete Franklin gets respect. And when he talks--every weeknight at 7 p.m.--people all over the continent, in 38 states and half of Canada, listen...
...equivalent of an English knighthood, in 1972 for his cultural services to the Republic. He has won numerous professional awards for his projects, including the design of the mechanical and electrical systems for the Midwest Coliseum, a 20,000-seat arena in Richfield, Ohio, and home of the Cleveland Cavaliers...
They read as follows: Cleveland Indians baseball, Ohio State football, the Cleveland Browns, Cavaliers, the old Crusaders and Barons, and so on until he reaches his pet hates, the University of Michigan football team and the New York Yankees...
...Pete Franklin, a call-in show host on Cleveland station WWWE. Originally from East Longmeadow, Mass., the self-proclaimed "individual" can arguably be called the most popular non-network sportscaster in the country...
...popularity, however, is the power of the man. Sports phone-in hosts are a notoriously testy bunch, but Franklin is grumpier and more unpredictable than most. He's hung up on callers who root for teams he dislikes, banned others from the air, and played irritating ditties like the Cleveland Crusader fight song a half-dozen times a night...