Official Investigations & Security Services, Inc. is mourning the loss of a good friend and former client, Howard Normal Loval, more well known as Shad O'Shea. Shad was a radio DJ and record producer who lived in Cincinnati, OH for several years.
Shad was well-known in the music industry as having one of THE best recording studios in the country.
Shad was a former member of the Cheviot-Westwood Kiwanis club where I met him when I was a high school student. Shad was a regular at the Harvest Home Fair hosting and MC'ing the salsa, wine and beer tasting contests.
It was a few years ago that he hired me to help track down some information for his mom in California.
Shad was a funny guy who was friends with everyone. He will be greatly missed!
Ken Broo wrote this about Shad in his blog on Sunday night:
"A wonderfully gifted and funny man died this weekend, far to young. Shad O'Shea was a local Cincinnati legend, a throwback to the time when radio was fun and very important in people's everyday lives. He was 'old school', with the wit and irreverence of modern day. He knew the difference between engaging a listener and simply reading liners and giving time checks. He worked at radio stations from California to Louisiana to Ohio, and some places in between. Shad, before running a successful recording studio and owning the Fraternity record label, live the nomadic life of a rock and roll DJ in the 50's and 60's. He worked with talent that would go onto work at some of the biggest rock and roll radio stations in the USA, and some that would never get out of the 500 watt station they were stuck at. He treated everyone the same.
I met Shad a few years ago. He treated me like I knew him forever. He helped me with a project I was working on when I freelanced at WGRR-FM in Cincinnati, recounting stories of his time as a DJ and some of the characters in the music business he ran into along the way.
He wasn't old, and to my knowlege at least, wasn't in poor health. But now he's gone. A good ole boy, as we like to say in the broadcasting business. Arf, arf Shad. You were a bona fide original."
You can click here to view his obituary in the
Cincinnati EnquirerShad passed away on June 5, 2009, around 11:30pm. A memorial service will held at 6:30 PM at Twin Lanterns Reception hall located at 6191 Harrison Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45247.
To leave a memorial for his family, please visit the
funeral home webpage
