David Michael Anthony Luczak- Born 10-4-58, Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Gets lost on the Boardwalk in N.J.; 1963
- Gets first beating by a Nun; 1964
- First Radio Job; 1976 (WVUD, Dayton, Ohio)
- First Morning Show (Dayton, Ohio); 1978
- Joins college friend Dan Patrick at WTUE, Dayton in 1979
- B.A. University of Dayton, 1980
- Married, Cindy, June 21, 1980
- 3 Kids; Jason, Dan, Holly
- Teams with Don Girard in Rochester, NY; 1983
- Leaves Rochester with Girard for WMGF, Milwaukee
- First Morning Show in Milwaukee; February 1984
- Dave fills in for Bobby Rivers as host of the MORE show on Channel 12 for the first time; Makes the audience do the Marching Weathermen; 1984
- Carole joins Girard & Luczak as newsperson; September 1985
- January 1986, Dave hosts first show on one of the nation’s first Classic Hits stations, the new 96.5 WKLH
- February 1986; Girard leaves, Carole elevated to co-host
- December 1986. The first annual Dave & Carole “Christmas is for Kids’ party.
- 1987; Dave hosts disastrous new version of the ‘Bowling Game’ on Channel 18. Makes sure to drag Carole down with him.
- Dave wins prestigious CLIO award, 1988. He still can’t figure out why.
- First morning show from a nudist camp (don’t worry.D&C kept their clothes on); 1988
- Dave flies in an F/A-18 Hornet with the Blue Angels, 1989
- Dave and Carole crash land in the WKLH hot air balloon while doing their morning show live on-air, 1990
- Valentine’s Day, 1992; the first Dave & Carole wedding show. D&C have since married over 100 couples live on-air
- Dave and Carole live from London; 1995 •
- wears a dress in a TV commercial.will never live this down; 1996
- Dave & Carole ‘Live from Hawaii’ 1996, 1997, 1998
- Dave & Carole’s first Prime Time TV special finishes first in the ratings on WISN-12; 1998
- 1998; Dave & Carole host the first ‘Miracle Marathon’ for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
- Dave drinks copious amounts of good German beer as the morning show broadcasts live from Munich for Oktoberfest; ’98 & ’99
- Nov. 2000; Dave & Carole open the Northern Lights Theatre with their 15 year anniversary show. Dave wears the dress again
- August, 2003; Dave and Carole host Harley’s 100th pre-show for a half million of their closest friends live from the lakefront.
- 2004; Dave’s first movie credit. He appears in the movie Mr. 3000. He’s behind Dick Enberg in one scene. Don’t blink.
- 2004; Dave attends Brewers Fantasy Camp. He spends several weeks recovering from physical injuries. His pride, however, is irreparably damaged.
- Summer 2004; Son Dan is named first team All-State Baseball pitcher in his junior year of high school. His Dad played high school baseball, too. Had trouble making the first team…at his own high school.
- May 2005; Son Jason graduates from Ball State University Summa Cum Laude. Two semesters of his Dad’s GPA added together don’t equal his.
- June 2005; Daughter Holly graduates high school having been on the honor roll every single semester. Her Dad had a friend in high school who almost made the honor roll once.
- 2005; Dave, Carole, KB, Marcus win Achievement in Radio (AIR) award as best Morning Show. They still wonder if anyone else entered.
- May 2006; Dave & Carole’s ‘Miracle Marathon’ raises another 1.35 million for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Over 9 million has been raised since 1998.
- May 2007; Another 1.4 million plus raised for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin during the annual Miracle Marathon.
- Dec. 2007; Son Dan graduates from University of South Carolina Magna Cum Laude. His Dad’s grade point average squared still doesn’t get there.
- 2008; Huge Year in Dave’s life: Marathon raises another 1.3+ million. A record turnout for the Christmas for Kids program. Jason graduates from Law School (Chicago Kent) and gets a real job. Dad is happy he can now have a lawyer “on staff”. Dan moves to Vegas and gets a real job. Dad is ecstatic that 2 are now off the payroll.
- Oct. 4th, 2008 Dave turns 50. Someday he will have to get a real job, too.
- Feb. 13th, 2009 Dave celebrates his 25th anniversary on-air at 96.5 FM in Milwaukee with a special anniversary show. One of the highlights? A call from Mr. Angry. After 12 years away from the show, he’s still really pissed. When Dave arrived in ’84 he was a dazed and confused 25-year-old. He’s now dazed and more confused.
- March 2009; Dave and Cindy vacation for a week in Mexico and go para-sailing for the first time. Then off to a pig roast. One month later a swine flu panic will hit. Wait a minute….
- May 2009 Another 60 Hour Radio-thon for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin raises 1.3+ Million dollars
- July 2009 Dave becomes a Godfather for the first time ever to his niece, Alyssa. He’s very honored since his relatives back East have known real Godfathers for years.
- July 2009 Dave & Cindy in the front row for Kid Rock and Skynyrd at Summerfest. Their picture makes it on the front page of the Journal-Sentinel. The 2 comments Dave receives; Cindy looks hot and why are you wearing a watch? At least they weren’t asking why Cindy is still with Dave…
- August 2009…First tattoo etched on body…at Hart & Huntington in Vegas…despite common rumor; was not drunk at the time…
- November 2009 Dave’s son buys home in Las Vegas ensuring Dave has a place to crash when he runs out of money playing Blackjack
- November 2009; while sitting at the Steely Dan show Dave fails to realize he is sitting next to several members of the E-Street Band who will be performing the next night at the Bradley Center. Only when Donald Fagen introduces them does Dave realize that he has been talking to their new keyboard player all night.
- November 2009 Dave gets to high-five Bruce Springsteen when Bruce runs through the crowd at his show…not enough time to tell Bruce about last evening’s faux pas.
- March 2010 Appears on cover of M Magazine with all 3 dogs. All 4 photographed in the dog crate. A place Dave is used to sleeping.
- May 2010; Daughter Holly graduates with highest honors from UW LaCrosse with teaching degree
- Summer 2010 and Holly accepts first full-time teaching position and gets her own place
- Summer 2010…after Holly moves out, Dave decided that, as an empty nester, he can sit on the couch and watch TV naked. Completely disgusted, his wife orders him to bedroom to put on Boxers.
- January 2011; Dave & Cindy sail the open seas on the Lynyrd Skynyrd ‘Simple Man’ cruise which features over a dozen bands performing around- the- clock. They also get to eat dinner with Billy Payne from one of Dave’s favorite all-time bands, Little Feat.
- May 2011 and another amazingly successful Miracle Marathon where almost 1.4 Million dollars is raised for the kids at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
- July 2011; Dave and Cindy visit the Grand Canyon. Dave is disappointed to find out that the Mules that descend into the Canyon can carry a TOTAL of 200 pounds. Cindy, citing earlier TV watching trick, refuses to allow Dave to put his naked 199 pounds on the back of the mule.
- Oct. 2011 The Luczak and the Goushas sit behind the Brewers dugout as Nyjer Morgan singles in the winning run to capture Game 5 of the NLDS meaning the Brewers advance to the NLCS for the first time in 29 years! They would lose to the Cardinals led by Beelzebub LaRussa.