CM: Yeah, yeah. Well, you’d think in this ethnic town like Cleveland, I’d use my ethnic name that I was born with, but I was at Kent State, it was 1972, and I was a freshman there, I was doing a radio show. It was my first radio show coming up that weekend, and I didn’t have a radio name, and everybody had to have a radio name back then. And the guys in the dorm, we were just hanging around, and we were thinking, OK, well, what are we going to use? And somebody said there’s a TV series called It Takes A Thief, I think it was called, with what-was-his-name … but anyway, his air name was Alexander Monday. And somebody says, “Well, why don’t you call yourself Carl Alexander?” And I says, “Eh, there’s already an Alexander on the radio in town,” and he said, “Well, how about Carl Monday?” and I said, “Well, OK.” And I then I used it that weekend, and it stuck. It stuck for the next 35 years. But I legally changed it back in 1972, 1973. So yeah, it’s not the name I was born with, but it is my legal name.
Behind the News, The Water Cooler — July 04, 2006 08:30 AM
Carl Monday On Relentless Reporting, a Murder Confession and His Real Name
The Cleveland journalist who recently reported a piece about sexual misbehavior in area libraries talks about the reaction to the story and where he draws the line.
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You're with me, Carl Monday.
Posted by GollyG on Wed 5 Jul 2006 at 03:58 PM
Investigative reporting is a dangerous living, one makes a lot of enemies. I worked with Carl Monday in the late 1970's to mid-1980's at Newsradio 1300. I've seen Carl come back with a black eye and a messed-up wardrobe from time-to-time. Carl was and I imagine still is a "matter-of-fact" reserved type of guy. I always thought he was a little older than I - was suprised to realize we were about the same age. Anyway, if you read this, HI CARL!!!
- Andrew, MALL727net- (formally, NewsRadio 1300)
Posted by Andrew Boggs, BA on Mon 29 Sep 2008 at 10:42 PM