Chuck Collier was an award winning on-air personality at WGAR

WGAR-FM

WGAR-FM — branded 99.5 WGAR — is a commercial radio station in Cleveland, Ohio with a country music format. Studios are located at 6200 Oak Tree Boulevard off of Rockside Road in Independence, Ohio along with other local Clear Channel stations, and its transmitter is located in Parma.- WGAR:The...

. His broadcast career extended four decades with WGAR (dating back to the AM 1220 days). In March 2009, Chuck Collier was inducted into the Country

Country music

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 Radio Hall Of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

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, one of only sixty personalities in the history of country radio to achieve this honor. Collier was the music director/afternoon host until his death on September 22, 2011 due to a heart attack.