Dick Bennick
left his position as promotion manager
and host of “Dialing for Dollars” at WGHP in June 1969. Mr. Bennick continued
to be on “Shock Theatre” as host Dr. Paul Bearer at the station.
In June 1969
Dick Bennick became the administrative assistant and morning DJ at radio
station WAIR.
On Friday
April 23, 1971, Mr. Bennick’s “Gold Leaf
Supper Club” in Winston-Salem burned, reported as arson and wiping him out
financially. He was still appearing on WGHP as Dr. Paul Bearer and began
writing columns for the Greensboro Daily News.
During June
of 1971, Dick Bennick became program director and morning DJ at radio station
WCOG while continuing to host “Shock Theatre” at WGHP.
On November
12,1971 the Greensboro paper reported that Dick Bennick had moved to Lakeland, Florida
to radio station WLAK but had taped
enough episodes of “Shock Theatre” to get WGHP through the end of November. The
station said it was hoping to work out a deal where Mr. Bennick could tape his
Dr. Paul Bearer segments at a station in Florida and send them to WGHP. I
believe this happened or either the station edited previously taped footage to
use on the show for awhile longer. I am not sure how much longer the Dr. Paul
Bearer segments continued to be a part of “Shock Theatre”.
