Buzz Kilman
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Julian "Buzz" Kilman, born in Detroit, Michigan, is a radio talk show personality.
He started in radio as the public service director for WBUS-FM, "The Magic Bus" in Miami Beach, Florida. Kilman remained there until station management discovered many of his late night interviews were spoofs. In 1974, he was at WSHE-FM in Ft. Lauderdale, where he did morning news and a weekend public service talk show that had many comedic spoofs.
In 1980, he went to WLUP-FM in Chicago and did news for the Steve Dahl Show. Kilman did news for a series of morning personalities until he teamed up with Jonathon Brandmeier in 1983 on WLUP. Later, after moving to WCKG to do the mid-day "showgram" with Brandmeier, stalled contract negotiations between CBS and Brandmeier caused Kilman to do the mid-day show alone, and thus the "Temporary Buzz Kilman Show" was born. Shortly thereafter, Wendy Snyder was brought on as a co-host for the now temporary-less "Buzz Kilman Show". The approximately two-year run of the show culminated with the "Blobus Festivus" outdoor music and variety show. On April 1, 2002, the duo moved to afternoons with the Steve Dahl show, replacing Joy Masada and Dave McBride. One vestiage of the previous show remains, the occasional "Buzz's Top 10 Best Band Names" list.
As a result of his friendship with director Jonathan Demme, Kilman has appeared in a number of bit parts in Demme's films. For instance, he played a paramedic in Silence of the Lambs. In the scene where Hannibal Lecter, impersonating a wounded guard, is taken away to an ambulance, one paramedic can be heard referring to the other as "Buzz."
Kilman is married and resides with his wife and daughter in Chicago.
