Bruce Dale Sommers (November 26, 1943 – August 24, 2012), known by his nickname "The Truckin' Bozo", was an American radio personality, best known for his long-running country music show geared toward truck drivers.
Sommers discontinued playing music on his nightly show, focusing on general and truck news, and talk from his listeners.
Sommers worked for other local radio stations in Cincinnati, as well as in Evansville, Indianapolis, Seattle, San Diego, Miami, and Kansas City, before settling back at WLW in 1984.
"The Bozo" made national headlines when he helped to catch a robber at a convenience store in Camilla, Georgia.
[3] Sommers has raised some controversy among Mexican truckers for his apparent negative comments on the radio regarding cross-border trucking.
[7] In later years, Sommers was diagnosed with Addison's disease and insulin-dependent diabetes, which factored into his retirement from terrestrial radio.