He worked in that business off and on for more than 50 years, while also pursuing secondary careers in television, print publishing, and ownership of radio stations, restaurants, and sports teams.
"During Tiger games, 'Superfan' Ron would sneak over to the empty box seats in my section and argue with the paying customers about sports," wrote LaPointe.
[4] In the late 1970s, he helped umpire annual charity exhibition games between the Detroit Tigers and the Cincinnati Reds.
[13] The increasing popularity of sports talk radio in the Detroit area later led to all-sports stations like WDFN and WXYT-FM.
Before Cameron entered sports talk radio, one of the few such shows in the Detroit area was hosted from 1967 to 1970 on WXYZ-AM by WXYZ-TV sportscaster Dave Diles.
[14][15] WXYZ cancelled Cameron's sports talk show in September 1981 because of poor ratings with women and listeners 35 and older.
Other still-living interviewees have included Phil Regan, Charlie Maxwell, Jake Wood, and Boots Day.
Cameron's show also included regular appearances by Detroit area sports and media personalities like Ray Scott, Denny McLain, Jerry Green, Jim Devellano, Ken Holland, Paul Woods, Terry Foster, Rich Kincaide, and Mark Wilson.
Cameron's later shows developed a cult-like following in one of the most active discussion threads on the Michigan Radio and TV Buzzboard.
Thread participants have expressed themselves through critical analysis, fact checking, satirical fiction, and song parodies.
Cameron's contract with WDTK was terminated May 1, 2023 after the alleged usage of racial slurs the previous day's show.
[31][32][33] In March 1999, he started work as general manager of KSBQ in Santa Maria, CA, but left the station about six months later to buy a minor league baseball team in Lafayette, Louisiana.
[41] Page moved to a job in New York in 1989, and was succeeded by WJZZ-FM sportscaster Mark Unger in 1989,[42] former Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain in 1989,[43] and Michigan State sports broadcaster Russ Small in 1991.
[44] Sports View Today ended in 1992 when Cameron moved to Bradenton, FL to buy a radio station.
[51][52][53] In 1999, Cameron attempted to buy the Lafayette (Louisiana) Bull Frogs minor league baseball team.
A Detroit Free Press advertisement in 1975 for a personal appearance at an appliance store described him as "Controversial Sports Caster Ron Cameron.
"In his sometimes bellicose discussions with fans and athletes, Cameron's sincerity and his affection for Detroit sports comes through," wrote LaPointe.
"It is, I suggest, a sad commentary of the current state of affairs in our city that the only sports talk show in town is the Ron Cameron Comedy Hour on WXYZ radio," wrote Jim Hawkins on November 20, 1979.
In a feature article in 1990, Detroit Free Press Staff Writer Neal Rubin wrote, "The city's most opinionated sportscaster remains loud, irreverent, bombastic and either entertaining or obnoxious, depending on whether he is speaking to you or about you."
In 1989, Cameron correctly reported that former University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler would become the next president of the Detroit Tigers baseball team.