Rover’s Morning Glory is a syndicated talk radio program hosted by Shane “Rover” French. It airs live Monday through Friday from 6 AM to 11 AM ET. The show is distributed by Clear Channel Communications.
It's a blend of discussion on current events and pop culture, as well as social commentary targeted at a male audience. The program's current flagship station is 100.7 WMMS in Cleveland, Ohio. Rover began his radio career at KXTE-FM Las Vegas, NV (X-107.5 Xtreme Radio).
His first day on the air was his 21st birthday, September 21, 1996. In what is now a widely recounted story, Rover saw an ad in the newspaper looking for part-time disc jockeys on the station. With no experience under his belt, he created a fake résumé and demo tape and sent it to KXTE program director Mike Stern.
When called in for an interview, Rover told Stern he had prior experience at WLUM-FM Milwaukee, as his demo tape suggested. It was at this point Stern told Rover he knew the program director of WLUM and that Rover had never worked there. Thinking he was in trouble, Rover got up to leave but was called back by Stern, who was impressed someone would go to such great lengths to get a job.
In 1998 Rover left to take the evening DJ and Music Director position at WNFZ-FM Knoxville, TN (94.3 Extreme Radio), his first full-time radio position. He quit the job when he thought he had secured a job working for former boss Mike Stern at WKRK-FM (now WXYT-FM) Detroit, MI (97.1 Xtreme Radio), but it was found out the day after Rover quit that the station was unexpectedly flipping formats from hard rock to talk. In 1999 Rover was hired by Stern at KXPK-FM Denver, CO (96.5 The Peak).
Initially he held the afternoon drive position from 3 to 7 PM, but management quickly decided his show was too racy for PM drive after he barged into the studios of another radio station live on the air (carrying human feces in a paper bag) to start a confrontation with the competing disc jockeys at KALC-FM (Alice 106). Rover was moved to evenings and was heard from 7 PM to Midnight. It was during this time he started the dating segment The Thursday Hook-Up, which still continues to this day.
Rover left the station in 2000 after it was bought by another broadcasting company and flipped to Spanish.