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Tampa Bay's "Radio Royalty"
Dedicated to Tampa's Jack Harris and Tedd Webb
Tampa Bay's "Radio Royalty"
Dedicated to Tampa's Jack Harris and Tedd Webb
Welcome to Tampa Bay's "radio royalty" tribute site
This site is dedicated to Tampa Bay's "Radio Royalty" known as Jack Harris and Tedd Webb!
We have created this site in appreciation of the joy, laughs and memories that Jack Harris and the late Tedd Webb brought to us. We will feature pictures, articles and stories featuring Jack and Tedd and others who are considered Tampa Bay's "Radio Royalty". We will have a comment section for visitors of this site to share their stories and memories as well. We may also include memorabilia and merchandise as well. This site is currently "under construction" and it will continue to be updated so check back often for the latest content!
Tedd and Jack's Bio's
Tedd Webb
Ted Webb, whose real name was Henry Ruiz, passed away March 30, 2021 in Tampa after a long illness. Webb grew up in West Tampa, born as Henry Ruiz, with a dream to be on the radio. He achieved that dream under the name Tedd Webb and never looked back. Tedd worked at WALT, WFSO, WLCY, WDAE, WNSI, WPLP, and the legendary "Q Morning Zoo" of the early 1980's, with Scott Shannon & Cleveland Wheeler. For 8 years Webb hosted "Sports Rap" Sunday nights on WFTS Channel 28.
Tedd has received numerous awards during his career, including the prestigious "Communicator Of The Year" from Toastmasters International, and Hispanic Heritage Man Of The Year in Media for 2001. Tedd was inducted into the Jefferson High School Hall of Fame in 2002.He became one of the city’s top disc jockeys. His voice was on local radio for more than 50 years. Tedd was the co-host of 'AM Tampa Bay' with Jack Harris from 1994 to 2017. He also sang in bands, including the West Tampa Four, and he had an undying love of pro wrestling. His trademark slogan was "Live It Up!" Webb retired in 2018 after suffering a heart attack.
Jack Harris
Jack's radio career began just out of high school in Logan West Virginia at WVOW. He spent two years as a lieutenant in the intelligence branch of the US Army, with tours in the Dominican Republic and Vietnam. He then returned to radio in 1968 at WAJR in Morgantown, West Virginia. Jack saw the need for a delay switch at his small-town radio station and created one in the low-budget studio by looping a tape through two tape recorders thus creating a 7 second delay and then allowing live call-ins for a talk show.
A job offer brought Harris to WFLA radio in Tampa in 1970. After the success of his 1974 45 rpm record, "The Floridians (A Yankee's Opinion)" Harris was offered over 20 radio jobs across the country. He took the job of morning DJ on WRC radio in Washington DC, working alongside Willard Scott. When NBC switched to an all-news format Harris was moved to the FM station. He became the first disc jockey on the first disco station at then sister-station WKYS, returning to Tampa and WFLA in 1975.
Harris' radio career kept him at WFLA for the next ten years, where he started the first talk radio station in Tampa following overnight exclusive coverage of hurricane Elena in 1986, before co-hosting the "Q-Morning Zoo" on rival WRBQ, then returning to WFLA sister-station WFLZ, then "Power 93 - The Power Pig" in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He has since left music radio, hosting the news/talk program "AM Tampa Bay" on WFLA with Tedd Webb since 1993.
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